# Senior Care Assistant

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Akari Care Limited.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Akari Care Limited
- **Town:** Gateshead
- **Region:** North East and Yorkshire
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Salary:** £14.05 to £15.09

                    an hour
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-05T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-07T14:55:24.403Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/W0033-26-0934?employerCode=W0033
- **Application URL:** https://www.applygateway.com/apply?JobId=1524439479&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 short notice, Warm, approachable, and engag

### 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 engag

### About us

Akari Care, located in Crewe, is a company that values its supportive and inclusive community within its homes. The company is looking for individuals who are either experienced Senior Care Assistants or Care Assistants ready to advance in their career. At Akari Care, delivering the highest quality levels of care to residents is paramount. This includes observing, reviewing, and finalizing care planning needs, supporting social activities, and guiding junior and new colleagues, all while upholding Akari's values. The organization's care teams are trusted to create a homely atmosphere for residents and their visiting family members, ensuring individual needs are met. Akari Care values individuals who are caring, communicative, adaptable, and engaging, and seeks those who respect others and uphold the organization's values of personalized, kind, caring, trusted, and community-focused services.

### Details

- Date posted: 07 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £14.05 to £15.09 an hour
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 1524439479
- Job locations: Akari Care, Crewe, CW5 8AB, 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**

- A caring nature, Good communication skills, Flexibility, Approachable demeanor, Respect for others

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