Care Assistant

This Care Assistant role at Akari Care in Gateshead is an opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of our residents. You will be responsible for providing personalized, kind, and caring support to help our residents maintain their wellbeing, individuality, and dignity. Akari Care is committed to creating an engaging community environment where everyone is respected. 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 assist our residents with daily living, helping with personal care, meals, and spending quality time with them. Every day is different, and you will need to be kind, caring, and adaptable to changes at short notice. Akari Care is a leading provider of care homes in the UK. We are committed to creating an engaging community environment where residents are valued, respected, and able to lead fulfilled lives. Our values of personalized, kind, caring, trusted, and community-focused guide everything we do. 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. 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 What is in it for you. A competitive salary 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 had not guessed, our values are: Personalised Kind Caring Trusted Community If you share our values, then we would love to hear from you. About the role