# Senior Care Assistant

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

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Akari Care Limited
- **Location:** Akari Care, Whitley Bay, NE26 2EU, United Kingdom
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Salary:** £14.05 to £15.09
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-09T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-10T13:04:38.779Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/W0033-26-1083
- **Application URL:** https://www.applygateway.com/apply?JobId=1535789662&supplierId=153&utm_campaign=NHSJobs&utm_source=supplier
- **Employer website:** https://www.akaricare.co.uk/

## 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 c

### Main duties of the job

The role of a Senior Care Assistant at Akari Care involves providing high-quality care to residents within a supportive and inclusive community. This position is ideal for experienced care assistants seeking career advancement. Responsibilities include finalizing care planning needs, creating social activity ideas, and supporting junior staff training. Candidates should possess a caring nature, effective communication skills, flexibility, and a warm, engaging demeanor. The role offers a competitive salary, employer pension contribution, and other benefits such as a money management app, funded training, and development opportunities.

### About us

Akari Care is a company dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive community within its care homes. They focus on delivering the highest quality of care to residents by fostering an environment that feels like a personal home. Akari Care values a personalized, kind, caring, trusted, and community-driven approach to care. They offer competitive salaries and various benefits to their employees, including pension contributions and training support. Akari Care is an ideal workplace for those who share similar values and want to make a difference in residents' lives.

### Details

- Date posted: 10 August 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £14.05 to £15.09 an hour
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 1535789662
- Job locations: Akari Care, Whitley Bay, NE26 2EU, 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 and relationship building skills, flexibility, a warm and approachable persona, and respect for others.

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