Care Assistant - Weekend Days
- NHS
- Full Time
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 12.02 an hour
Job Description
Job summary
This job is for a Care Assistant role at Akari Care in Gosforth. The role involves providing outstanding care and support to residents, helping with daily living tasks and ensuring a positive environment. The job is a permanent, weekend-only position with a competitive salary and benefits package.
Main duties of the job
As a Care Assistant, you will play a key role in maintaining the wellbeing of our residents through the provision of outstanding care, working collaboratively 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'll assist our residents with daily living, including helping with personal care, meals, and simply spending time with them.
About us
Akari Care is a care provider that operates care homes across the UK. They are committed to providing high-quality, personalized care to their residents and creating a supportive and inclusive environment. Akari Care values include being personalized, kind, caring, trusted, and community-focused.
Job responsibilities
Package Description:
About the role
Saturday and Sunday Required Weekly.
As a Care Assistant, you will play a key role in maintaining the wellbeing of our residents through the provision of outstanding care, working collaboratively 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.
Youll 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.
About you
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
Whats in it for you
A competitive salary of £12.02per hour
Employer pension contribution of 3%
Flexible working hours and patterns
We offer Wage stream - an app allowing youaccess 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 hadnt guessed, our values are:
Personalised
Kind
Caring
Trusted
Community
If you share our values then we would love to hear from you.
AKHCA
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- No specific qualifications are required, but the job description emphasizes the need for a kind and caring nature, good communication skills, flexibility, and a warm and engaging persona.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Akari Care Limited
Address
Akari Care
Gosforth
NE3 4NB
