# Senior Care Assistant - BANK > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Akari Care Limited. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-care-assistant-bank/3b3e6f07-a353-4210-bee4-b7e22b2dcda9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-care-assistant-bank/3b3e6f07-a353-4210-bee4-b7e22b2dcda9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Akari Care Limited - **Town:** Gateshead - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Salary:** £13.50 to £14.50 an hour - **Contract type:** Bank - **Employment type:** Flexible working - **Closing date:** 2026-09-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-12T21:02:18.639Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/W0033-26-0953?employerCode=W0033 - **Application URL:** https://www.applygateway.com/apply?JobId=1525666139&supplierId=153&utm_campaign=NHSJobs&utm_source=supplier ## Job Content ### 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 shor ### 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? Akari Care is looking for exactly the right type of individuals to join their supportive and inclusive community. In this role, you will work alongside care assistants and be responsible for delivering high-quality care to residents. Your duties will include observing, reviewing, and finalizing care planning needs and coming up with ideas for social activities. You will also support the training and supervision of junior and new colleagues. The goal is to create an environment where the atmosphere feels like the residents' personal home, accommodating their individual needs. They are seeking individuals who are caring, communicative, flexible, and respectful. Akari Care offers a competitive salary, employer pension contribution, recognition schemes, and various benefits, including Wage stream access. They provide uniform and cover DBS check costs, along with fully funded training and development. If you share their values of being Personalized, Kind, Caring, Trusted, and Community-focused, they would love to hear from you. ### About us Akari Care is an organisation that focuses on providing senior care services. They offer a supportive and inclusive community within their homes, aiming to deliver the highest quality of care to their residents. Akari Care seeks to create an environment that feels like the residents' personal home, accommodating all their individual needs. They are committed to values such as being Personalized, Kind, Caring, Trusted, and Community-focused. Akari Care looks for employees who can embody these values while providing exceptional care to the residents. Aside from caring for the residents, they also place importance on the personal and professional development of their staff, offering fully funded training and development programs. Akari Care values communication, relationship building, flexibility, and respect, creating a culture that appreciates and recognizes the efforts of their care teams. ### Details - Date posted: 12 July 2026 - Pay scheme: Other - Salary: £13.50 to £14.50 an hour - Contract: Bank - Working pattern: Flexible working - Reference number: 1525666139 - Job locations: Akari Care, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 7ER, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities 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. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Caring nature, good communication skills, flexibility, approachability, and respectfulness. ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.