This role as a Care Assistant at Akari Care involves providing outstanding care and support to residents, ensuring their wellbeing, dignity, and fulfilling lives. You will assist with daily living activities, work collaboratively with the team, and demonstrate a kind and caring nature. The role offers a competitive salary, employer pension contribution, flexible working, training, and a supportive community environment.
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 spending time with them. The role requires a kind and caring nature, good communication skills, flexibility, and a warm, approachable, and engaging persona.
About us
Akari Care is a provider of high-quality care services, dedicated to creating an environment where residents feel valued, respected, and able to lead fulfilling lives. The organisation is committed to delivering personalized, kind, caring, and trusted care within a supportive community.
Job responsibilities
Package Description:
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, 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 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 personalized 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 £12.02 per hour
* 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. If you share our values then we would love to hear from you.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* No specific qualifications are required, but experience in a care setting and a kind and caring nature are essential.
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.
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