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Senior Care AssistantNHS

Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 3AB Permanent £14.25 to £15.25
Posted 18 August 2026 Closing date 16 October 2026
Kingston Park (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) (1.6 miles away) Interchange (2.0 miles away)

Job summary

Are you already an experienced Senior Care Assistant or a Care Assistant looking to take the next step within your career? If so, we are looking for exactly the right type of people to be part of our supportive and inclusive community within our homes. Working alongside the care assistants, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality levels of care to our residents. This includes observing, reviewing, and finalising care planning needs, assisting, and producing ideas for social activities and supporting the training and supervision of junior and new colleagues in an Akari value driven way. We look to our trusted care teams to create an environment where the atmosphere feels like our residents personal home, for them and their respective visiting family members, which suits all their individual needs. About you: A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach, Good communication and relationship building skills, Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice, Warm, approachable, and engaging persona, Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be tre

Main duties of the job

Are you already an experienced Senior Care Assistant or a Care Assistant looking to take the next step within your career? If so, we are looking for exactly the right type of people to be part of our supportive and inclusive community within our homes. Working alongside the care assistants, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality levels of care to our residents. This includes observing, reviewing, and finalising care planning needs, assisting, and producing ideas for social activities and supporting the training and supervision of junior and new colleagues in an Akari value driven way. We look to our trusted care teams to create an environment where the atmosphere feels like our residents personal home, for them and their respective visiting family members, which suits all their individual needs. About you: A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach, Good communication and relationship building skills, Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice, Warm, approachable, and engaging persona, Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated.

Job description

Are you already an experienced Senior Care Assistant or a Care Assistant looking to take the next step within your career? If so, we are looking for exactly the right type of people to be part of our supportive and inclusive community within our homes.

Working alongside the care assistants, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality levels of care to our residents. This includes observing, reviewing, and finalising care planning needs, assisting, and producing ideas for social activities and supporting the training and supervision of junior and new colleagues in an Akari value driven way.

We look to our trusted care teams to create an environment where the atmosphere feels like our residents personal home, for them and their respective visiting family members, which suits all their individual needs.

About you:

  • A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach,
  • Good communication and relationship building skills,
  • Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice,
  • Warm, approachable, and engaging persona,
  • Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated.

What is in it for you:

  • A competitive salary
  • Employer Pension contribution of 3%,
  • Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes,
  • We offer Wage stream - a money management app that you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it.
  • Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid,
  • 28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays),
  • Fully funded training and development,
  • Support with personal development plans

Whether you are an experienced carer or are starting a career in care, we are looking for colleagues who can make a difference for our residents within Akari Care. In case you had not guessed, our values are:

  • Personalised
  • Kind
  • Caring
  • Trusted
  • Community

If you share our values, then we would love to hear from you.

About us

Akari Care is a company that values supportive and inclusive environments within their care homes. They prioritize delivering the highest quality levels of care to residents, ensuring that the atmosphere feels like a personal home for residents and their visiting family members. Akari Care emphasizes training and supervising junior and new colleagues in a value-driven way and expects their care teams to carry out their work with flexibility, adaptability, warmth, and respect for everyone. The organization provides a competitive salary, employer pension contribution, recognition schemes, and a money management app for access to pay as it's earned. Additionally, they offer a fully funded training and development program and support personal development plans.

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