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 a caring and supportive community environment. Your kind and caring nature, communication skills, and ability to build relationships will be essential in delivering personalized care and supporting our residents to lead fulfilled lives.
Main duties of the job
The Care Assistant role involves assisting our residents with their daily living activities, such as personal care, meals, and spending quality time with them. Every day will be different, and you will need to be flexible and adaptable to changes. You will be part of a dedicated team committed to respecting the individual choices and dignity of our residents.
About us
Akari Care is a leading provider of residential care services, offering a warm and welcoming environment for our residents. We are committed to delivering personalized, kind, and caring support to ensure our residents well-being and enable them to live fulfilling lives. Our values of being personalized, kind, caring, trusted, and community-focused are at the heart of everything we do.
Job responsibilities
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.
* 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:
* Kind
* Caring
* Community
If you share our values, then we would love to hear from you.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* While previous experience in a care setting is desirable, it is not essential. We are looking for individuals with a kind and caring nature, good communication skills, and the ability to build relationships with our residents. Flexibility and adaptability to changes are also important qualities.
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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