Senior Care Assistant

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

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Care Assistant at Akari Care, you will operate alongside care assistants, ensuring the utmost quality of care for residents. Your duties encompass managing care plans, promoting social activities, and nurturing junior colleagues' growth through training and supervision. At Akari, we value a community-driven approach, modeling our homes after personal, welcoming environments for residents and their families. Ideal candidates possess empathy, exceptional communication, adaptability, a positive demeanor, and respect for others. Senior Care Assistants benefit from competitive remuneration, a contributory pension, recognition initiatives, flexible wage access, full uniforms, complimentary DBS checks, annual leave, and comprehensive training programs aligning with personal growth objectives.

About us

Akari Care is dedicated to delivering outstanding, resident-centered care in environments that reflect a sense of home and community. They emphasize creating spaces where residents and their families feel welcomed and valued. Akari Care staff are entrusted with the responsibility of not only caring for residents but also building and nurturing relationships that foster trust and respect. The organization strongly upholds values of personalization, kindness, caring, and community, which are integral to their service approach. They prioritize staff development through training, personal development plans, and by fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment. Akari Care aims to be a leader in the care industry by continuously prioritizing the well-being and dignity of its residents through empowered and devoted care teams.

Details

• Date posted: 14 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £14.05 to £15.09 an hour
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 1563562722
• Job locations: Akari Care, Wallsend, NE28 9RH, 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.