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...

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? At Akari Care, we are seeking individuals to join our inclusive community within our homes. Your role involves working alongside care assistants to deliver superior quality care to residents, which includes care planning and supporting social activities. You will supervise and train junior colleagues in line with Akari values. We strive to create a home-like environment for our residents and their visiting family members. Candidates should have a caring nature, good communication skills, and flexibility. Benefits include a competitive salary, employer pension contribution, recognition schemes, wage stream access, uniform, fully funded training, and support for personal development plans, perfectly aligning with our core values: Personalised, Kind, Caring, Trusted, Community.

About us

Akari Care is a reputed organisation committed to providing top-tier residential care across its homes. The company strongly believes in creating a supportive and inclusive environment for its residents and staff. Akari Care prides itself on retaining a home-like atmosphere for residents, adaptable to their individual needs. With a robust care team, Akari Care ensures excellent levels of care and values-driven service. The company places a strong emphasis on fully funded training and development programs for its employees, believing in continuous personal and professional growth. Moreover, Akari Care offers a range of incentive schemes, like recognition and rewarding referral schemes. Their mission embodies a passion for compassion, ensuring residents and staff alike benefit from a community that values personalised, kind, caring, trusted, and communal principles. Akari Care is steadfast in its pledge to support every individual in bringing about positive impacts in residential care.

Details

• Date posted: 20 September 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £14.25 to £15.25 an hour
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 1553378550
• Job locations: Akari Care, Blyth, NE24 1DW, 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.