As a General Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a wide range of tasks to help provide quality care and support for the residents. Your responsibilities will span across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering, contributing to creating a warm and homely environment. You'll need to be reliable, compassionate, and practical, with a can-do attitude to thrive in this diverse role.
Main duties of the job
No two days will be the same as you take on diverse responsibilities across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry and catering. It's because this is such a wide-reaching role that you'll be able to play your own part in creating a warm and homely environment. Caring and empathetic, as a General Assistant you'll put our residents first and build the kind of positive professional relationships with them that make their experience with us happy and meaningful.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes and healthcare services in the UK. They are committed to delivering high-quality care and support to their residents, with a focus on creating a warm and welcoming environment. Barchester Healthcare operates numerous care homes across the country, offering a range of services including residential, nursing, and dementia care.
Job responsibilities
ABOUT YOUPeople in a General Assistant role come from all walks of life and have all kinds of life experiences and career paths behind them. You'll be a big part of our home so what matters is that you're reliable, compassionate, caring and always ready to make a difference. You should be practical too, happy to turn your hand to different tasks. If you have all of this, our training will cover everything else you need to thrive. You'll also have the opportunity to take courses that will develop your skills even further.
REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:
* Free learning and development
* Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme
* A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts
* Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend bonus scheme
If you'd like to use your can-do approach and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.
Person Specification
Qualifications
No specific qualifications are required for this role, as Barchester Healthcare provides comprehensive training to ensure you have the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed. They are more interested in your personal attributes, such as being reliable, compassionate, and practical, with a genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of their residents.
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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