Care Assistant

Job Summary

As a Care Assistant at Akari Care, you will play a crucial role in maintaining the well‑being of our residents by providing outstanding care, collaborating with colleagues, and contributing to the wider Akari Care team. You will be kind, caring, and committed to creating an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and able to retain their individuality, dignity, and lead fulfilling lives.

In this role, you will assist our residents with their daily living activities, which could include helping with personal care, meals, or simply spending time with them. Every day will be different, and you will work together with the team to make a positive difference for our residents, while respecting their individual choices and providing personalized care and support.

Akari Care is a reputable care provider that operates multiple care homes across the North Shields region. They are committed to delivering high‑quality, personalized care and support to their residents, fostering a warm and welcoming community environment where everyone is respected.

About the role

As a Care Assistant, you will play a key role in maintaining the wellbeing of our residents through the provision of outstanding care, collaborating with colleagues and the wider Akari Care team. You will be kind and caring and committed to maintaining an environment in which our residents are valued, respected, retain their individuality and dignity, and lead fulfilled lives.

You will assist our residents with daily living. Every day is different and could include helping with personal care, meals or simply spending time with them. Working together to make a difference for our residents, we will respect their individual choices by providing personalised care and support.

• Kind and caring nature and enjoys supporting others and working in a team
• Good communication skills and able to build relationships
• Flexibility and adaptable to changes at short notice
• Warm, approachable, and engaging persona
• Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated

• A competitive salary
• Employer pension contribution of 3%
• Flexible working hours and patterns
• We offer Wage stream - an app allowing you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Recognition schemes, rewarding referral schemes and access to retail discounts
• Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid
• 28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)
• Fully funded training and development
• An engaging community environment where everyone is respected
• Welfare and well‑being support

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.

While no specific qualifications are required, you should have a kind and caring nature, good communication skills, and the ability to build meaningful relationships with the residents. You should also be flexible, adaptable, and possess a warm, approachable, and engaging persona.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Akari Care Limited

Akari Care

North Shields

NE29 6XP

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