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Senior Care Assistant - Nights
Akari Care
Scott Street, Stanley, DH9 8AD, United Kingdom
Full time

Package Description:

Akari Care is a trusted provider of personalised nursing and residential care within local communities across England and Wales.

Are you already an experienced Senior Care Assistant or a Care Assistant looking to take the next step within your career? If so, we are looking for exactly the right type of people to be part of our supportive and inclusive community within our homes.

Working alongside the care assistants, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality levels of care to our residents. This includes observing, reviewing, and finalising care planning needs, assisting, and coming up with ideas for social activities and supporting the training and supervision of junior and new colleagues in an Akari value driven way.

We look to our trusted care teams to create an environment where the atmosphere feels like our residents’ personal home, for them and their respective visiting family members, which suits all of their individual needs. 

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 hadn’t guessed, our values are:

·        Personalised

·        Kind

·        Caring

·        Trusted

·        CommunIty

If you share our values then we would love to hear from you.

About you

·        A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach,

·        Good communication and relationship building skills,

·        Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice,

·        Warm, approachable, and engaging persona,

·        Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated.

 

What’s in it for you: 

·        A competitive salary starting at £13.50 per hour up to £14.50 per hour (Depending on Qualification)

·        Employer Pension contribution of 3%,

·        Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes,

·        We offer Wagestream - a money management app that you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn            it.

·        Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid,

·        28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays),

·        Fully funded training and development,

·        Support with personal development plans

AKSEN



£13.50 / hour
Kitchen Assistant - Bank
Akari Care
6 Kenton Road, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 4NB, United Kingdom
Bank

Package Description:

If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve. 

Akari Care is committed to upholding values that we created and share. It is, therefore, vitally important that any new colleague embraces and actively promotes our values across the organisation. 

We now seek an additional Kitchen / Catering Assistant who is passionate about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people. 

Working in collaboration and unison with the Cook and the wider catering team you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth, efficient running of all kitchen processes. These will include creating menus, plating up, arranging trollies, and ensuring each of our residents feel directly supported and looked after with the highest quality of support and care. 

Whilst you will be involved in all the practical duties you would expect in a busy care home kitchen it is vitally important to continuously ensure that you are mindful and conscious to individual religious and cultural backgrounds and how this might impact on meal choices, alongside making sure that all our residents feel they have a personalised service. 

As the critical link between the kitchen and the serving areas you will be conjointly responsible for caring for our residents. The key focus for us is ensuring mealtimes run smoothly and are an enjoyable experience at Akari Care, where all of our resident’s individual needs are catered for. 

By showing us you can match our values with the right desire for personal excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require. 

 

What’s in it for you:  

  • A competitive salary

  • Pension contribution of 5% 

  • Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes 

  • Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid 

  • 28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays) 

  • Flexible working patterns 

  • Fully funded training and development 

  • Support with personal development plans 

  • The opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally  

  • An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included 
     

What we require from you:  

  • Experience of working within similar environment  

  • Kitchen and food preparation experience required 

  • Basic Food Hygiene Certificate 

  • A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach 

  • Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice 

  • Work well under pressure without negative impact to those around you 

  • Warm, approachable, and engaging persona 

  • Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated 

  • Resilient and adaptable to differing needs of colleagues and residents 

AKSPO



£12.60 / hour
Care Home Assistant Practitioner CHAPS
Akari Care
Ashington Drive, Choppington, NE62 5JF, United Kingdom
Full time

Package Description:

** Please note - you will need a CHAPS Qualification for this role

This is a Nights Role **


Care Home Assistant Practitioner  (CHAPS)

If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve. 

We now seek a Care Home Assistant Practitioner who is passionate about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people. 

Playing a fundamental and integral part of our united and extended care team you will assist in looking after the physical, mental and emotional needs of our residents to help us deliver the highest quality, individualised care they require. 

As one of our Care Home Assistant Practitioners (CHAPs) you will collaboratively work alongside our fully trained Nurses to support and assist with the day to day nursing needs of our residents, thus allowing our Nurses the time and resource to tend to the needs of the more complex nursing requirements of some of our residents.  

By showing us you can match our values with the right desire for personalised excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require. 

Whilst undertaking a wide range of duties which support the highest quality of personalised medical and clinical care to our residents, you will also help and cooperate with colleagues, family members and our extended range of external qualified professionals which make up our overall ‘care community’, to fulfil our aim of helping to maintain the identity and dignity of our residents with a focus on living life to the fullest for each individual. 

 

What we require from you:  

  • Care Home Assistant Practitioner Certification 

  • A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach 

  • Proven ability to lead by example, motivate a team and delegate effectively 

  • Have a coaching style leadership mentality to empower your colleagues 

  • Good communication and relationship building skills 

  • Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice 

  • Warm, approachable, and engaging persona 

  • Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated 

 

What’s in it for you:  

  • A competitive salary of £15.74 Per Hour

  • Pension contribution of 5% 

  • Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes 

  • Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid 

  • 28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays) 

  • Flexible working patterns 

  • Fully funded training and development 

  • Support with personal development plans 

  • The opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally  

  • An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included 

AKSCA



£15.74 / hour
Credit Controller
Akari Care
New Lane, Leeds, LS11 5DZ, United Kingdom
Full time

Package Description:

Akari Care is a family of Residential Care Homes spread across the UK, with the largest concentration of homes in the north-east.

An opportunity has arisen to join Akari Care’s finance team, as credit controller at our Leeds Support Centre, based in the centre of Leeds.

As a credit controller you are to manage the timely collection of a portfolio of residential Care home debtors. You are also to collect care fees from self-funding and local government authority residents.

Previous experience of working within social/health care business would be advantageous but is not necessarily a pre-requisite for this role.

 

Job Title: Credit Controller       

Reporting to: Credit Control, Sales Ledger, Contracts Manager

Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire

 Duties and Key Responsibilities:

• Minimise the aging of debt and retain levels set by the CM

• Manage the collection of debt through written and verbal communication

• Establish relationships with individuals and local authorities to ensure timely payments

• Meeting monthly and quarterly cash/debtor day targets set by the FC/CM

• Attend monthly debtor’s meetings to discuss the management of debts

• Follow the agreed company policy of debt escalation

• Other Ad-hoc duties

Person Specification:

• 5 Years minimum experience within a credit control environment

• Ability to communicate appropriately, sensitively and maintain confidentiality

• Self-disciplined and efficient, with a flexible and proactive nature

• Excellent written communication skills

• Solid team working skills

• Ability to establish and maintain good client relationships, both internally and externally at all levels

• Ability to reconcile complex accounts and have excellent attention to detail

• Experienced in Excel and Microsoft Office packages

• Knowledge of software of software packages such as SAGE

• Ability to work to deadlines

Benefits:

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Regular team events

Monday to Friday

 

AKSPO



£30000.00 / hour
Activities Co-Ordinator
Akari Care
Havelock Terrace, Gateshead, NE8 1QU, United Kingdom
Part time

Package Description:

** 16 Hours per week **

 

If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve. 

We now seek an Activities Coordinator who is enthusiastic about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people. 

Working in collaboration and unity with the Home Manager and the wider and extended community teams you will be responsible for helping and engaging residents to socialise within the home. This includes providing a variety of activities that cater for all tastes, abilities, cultures and, respecting everyone as an individual, ensuring that you promote diversity and inclusion at all stages. You will plan and initiate rolling / individual programmes, encouraging residents not only to maintain pre-existing hobbies but also to endeavor to try other activities. By supporting and actively encouraging colleagues, relatives, and friends to participate in activities with residents you will enable additional stimulation not only in the activity itself but in promoting socialising and spending quality time with others to help enrich our residents lives. Through willingly accompanying residents, where possible, to offsite activities, you will go above and beyond for our residents.  

In actively assisting with innovative fund-raising initiatives and budgeting for entertainment, materials, and outings, you will enjoy thinking creatively and out of the box with regards to ways in which additional funds can be raised to support our resident’s activities. You will help to ensure that you and your colleagues create an environment which is supportive, caring and kind and undertake all duties in a way which provides a secure and safe atmosphere in which our residents are valued, respected, retain their individualism and dignity in order to lead full lives.  

By showing us you can match our values with the right desire for personalised excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require. 

 

What we require from you:  

  • Experience of working within similar environment  

  • Previous experience within similar type of role 

  • A caring nature with ability to give everyone a personal approach 

  • Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice 

  • Work well under pressure without negative impact to those around you 

  • Warm, approachable, and engaging persona 

  • Outgoing and have an infectious personality 

  • Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated 

  • Resilient and adaptable to differing needs of colleagues and residents 

 

What’s in it for you:  

  • A competitive salary of £12.60 Per Hour

  • Pension contribution of 5% 

  • Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes 

  • Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid 

  • 28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays) 

  • Flexible working patterns 

  • Fully funded training and development 

  • Support with personal development plans 

  • The opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally  

  • An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included 

AKOTH



£12.60 / hour
Activities Co-Ordinator
Akari Care
Piper Court Sycamore Way, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8FR, United Kingdom
Full time

Package Description:

*** 16 Hours Per Week ***

If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve. 

We now seek an Activities Coordinator who is enthusiastic about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people. 

Working in collaboration and unity with the Home Manager and the wider and extended community teams you will be responsible for helping and engaging residents to socialise within the home. This includes providing a variety of activities that cater for all tastes, abilities, cultures and, respecting everyone as an individual, ensuring that you promote diversity and inclusion at all stages. You will plan and initiate rolling / individual programmes, encouraging residents not only to maintain pre-existing hobbies but also to endeavor to try other activities. By supporting and actively encouraging colleagues, relatives, and friends to participate in activities with residents you will enable additional stimulation not only in the activity itself but in promoting socialising and spending quality time with others to help enrich our residents lives. Through willingly accompanying residents, where possible, to offsite activities, you will go above and beyond for our residents.  

In actively assisting with innovative fund-raising initiatives and budgeting for entertainment, materials, and outings, you will enjoy thinking creatively and out of the box with regards to ways in which additional funds can be raised to support our resident’s activities. You will help to ensure that you and your colleagues create an environment which is supportive, caring and kind and undertake all duties in a way which provides a secure and safe atmosphere in which our residents are valued, respected, retain their individualism and dignity in order to lead full lives.  

By showing us you can match our values with the right desire for personalised excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require. 

 

What we require from you:  

  • Experience of working within similar environment  

  • Previous experience within similar type of role 

  • A caring nature with ability to give everyone a personal approach 

  • Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice 

  • Work well under pressure without negative impact to those around you 

  • Warm, approachable, and engaging persona 

  • Outgoing and have an infectious personality 

  • Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated 

  • Resilient and adaptable to differing needs of colleagues and residents 

 

What’s in it for you:  

  • A competitive salary 

  • Pension contribution of 5% 

  • Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes 

  • Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid 

  • 28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays) 

  • Flexible working patterns 

  • Fully funded training and development 

  • Support with personal development plans 

  • The opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally  

  • An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included 

AKOTH



£12.26 / hour
Domestic Assistant
Akari Care
Preswylfa Nursing Home, 20 Russell Road, LL18 3DD, United Kingdom
Part time

Package Description:

If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve. 

We now seek a Domestic Assistant who is passionate about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people. 

Working alongside and in collaboration with your colleagues in the domestic and laundry teams, you will be responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in our residents rooms and in all communal areas. You will be adaptable and approachable in nature, not only  prioritising resident care at all times but actively promoting continual improvement of standards in all areas. This approach should reinforce the provision of a clean and healthy environment in which our residents are valued, respected and retain their individualism and dignity. You will continually assess the domestic needs of all residents. Through the adherence to all policies and procedures you and your colleagues will ensure delivery of the highest standards that make a true difference to each of our residents, contributing to the ongoing fulfilment of their lives. 

By showing us you can match our values with the desire for personalised excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require. 

 

What we require from you:  

  • Experience of working within similar environment  

  • A caring nature with ability to give everyone a personal approach 

  • Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice 

  • Strong work ethic with solution-based approach to problem solving 

  • Work well under pressure without negative impact to those around you 

  • Warm, approachable, and engaging persona 

  • Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated 

  • Resilient and adaptable to differing needs of colleagues and residents 
     

What’s in it for you:  

  • A competitive salary  

  • Pension contribution of 5% 

  • Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes 

  • Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid 

  • 28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays) 

  • Flexible working patterns 

  • Fully funded training and development 

  • Support with personal development plans 

  • The opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally  

  • An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included 

AKSPO



£12.26 / hour
Senior Care Assistant - Nights
Akari Care
Ashington Drive, Choppington, NE62 5JF, United Kingdom
Full time

Package Description:

Akari Care is a trusted provider of personalised nursing and residential care within local communities across England and Wales.

Are you already an experienced Senior Care Assistant or a Care Assistant looking to take the next step within your career? If so, we are looking for exactly the right type of people to be part of our supportive and inclusive community within our homes.

Working alongside the care assistants, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality levels of care to our residents. This includes observing, reviewing, and finalising care planning needs, assisting, and coming up with ideas for social activities and supporting the training and supervision of junior and new colleagues in an Akari value driven way.

We look to our trusted care teams to create an environment where the atmosphere feels like our residents’ personal home, for them and their respective visiting family members, which suits all of their individual needs. 

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 hadn’t guessed, our values are:

·        Personalised

·        Kind

·        Caring

·        Trusted

·        CommunIty

If you share our values then we would love to hear from you.

About you

·        A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach,

·        Good communication and relationship building skills,

·        Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice,

·        Warm, approachable, and engaging persona,

·        Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated.

 

What’s in it for you: 

·         A competitive salary starting at £13.50 to £14.50 per hour (Depending on Qualification)

·        Employer Pension contribution of 3%,

·        Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes,

·        We offer Wagestream - a money management app that you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it.

·        Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid,

·        28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays),

·        Fully funded training and development,

·        Support with personal development plans

SCORG



£13.50 / hour
Activities Coordinator
Akari Care
Sycamore Way, Hardwick, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8FR, United Kingdom

Package Description:

If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve. 

We now seek an Activities Coordinator who is enthusiastic about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people. 

Working in collaboration and unity with the Home Manager and the wider and extended community teams you will be responsible for helping and engaging residents to socialise within the home. This includes providing a variety of activities that cater for all tastes, abilities, cultures and, respecting everyone as an individual, ensuring that you promote diversity and inclusion at all stages. You will plan and initiate rolling / individual programmes, encouraging residents not only to maintain pre-existing hobbies but also to endeavor to try other activities. By supporting and actively encouraging colleagues, relatives, and friends to participate in activities with residents you will enable additional stimulation not only in the activity itself but in promoting socialising and spending quality time with others to help enrich our residents lives. Through willingly accompanying residents, where possible, to offsite activities, you will go above and beyond for our residents.  

In actively assisting with innovative fund-raising initiatives and budgeting for entertainment, materials, and outings, you will enjoy thinking creatively and out of the box with regards to ways in which additional funds can be raised to support our resident’s activities. You will help to ensure that you and your colleagues create an environment which is supportive, caring and kind and undertake all duties in a way which provides a secure and safe atmosphere in which our residents are valued, respected, retain their individualism and dignity in order to lead full lives.  

By showing us you can match our values with the right desire for personalised excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require. 

 

What we require from you:  

  • Experience of working within similar environment  

  • Previous experience within similar type of role 

  • A caring nature with ability to give everyone a personal approach 

  • Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice 

  • Work well under pressure without negative impact to those around you 

  • Warm, approachable, and engaging persona 

  • Outgoing and have an infectious personality 

  • Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated 

  • Resilient and adaptable to differing needs of colleagues and residents 

 

What’s in it for you:  

  • A competitive salary 

  • Pension contribution of 5% 

  • Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes 

  • Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid 

  • 28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays) 

  • Flexible working patterns 

  • Fully funded training and development 

  • Support with personal development plans 

  • The opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally  

  • An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included 

AKSPO



£12.26 / hour
Senior Care Assistant
Akari Care
Sycamore Way, Hardwick, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8FR, United Kingdom
Full time

Package Description:

About the role:

Are you already an experienced Senior Care Assistant or a Care Assistant looking to take the next step within your career? If so, we are looking for exactly the right type of people to be part of our supportive and inclusive community within our homes.

Working alongside the care assistants, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality levels of care to our residents. This includes observing, reviewing, and finalising care planning needs, assisting, and coming up with ideas for social activities and supporting the training and supervision of junior and new colleagues in an Akari value driven way.

We look to our trusted care teams to create an environment where the atmosphere feels like our residents’ personal home, for them and their respective visiting family members, which suits all of their individual needs. 

About you

·        A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach,

·        Good communication and relationship building skills,

·        Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice,

·        Warm, approachable, and engaging persona,

·        Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated.

What’s in it for you: 

·        A competitive salary starting at £13.50 per hour up to £14.50 per hour (Depending on Qualification)

·        Employer Pension contribution of 3%,

·        Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes,

·        We offer Wage stream - a money management app that you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn            it.

·        Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid,

·        28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays),

·        Fully funded training and development,

·        Support with personal development plans

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 hadn’t guessed, our values are:

·        Personalised

·        Kind

·        Caring

·        Trusted

·        Community

If you share our values then we would love to hear from you.

AKSEN



£13.50 / hour