Job summary
As a General Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a range of tasks to help provide quality care and support for the residents. This wide-reaching role involves responsibilities across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry and catering, allowing you to play a part in creating a warm and homely environment for the residents.
Main duties of the job
In this General Assistant role, you'll be responsible for a variety of tasks to support the daily operations of the care home. This includes duties in housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering. You'll need to be reliable, compassionate, and always ready to make a difference for the residents. The role offers opportunities for further training and development to enhance your skills.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care services in the UK. With a focus on delivering person-centered care, Barchester operates care homes and retirement communities across the country. The organisation is committed to creating a nurturing and supportive environment for both its residents and employees.
Job description
Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLE As a General Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a range of tasks to help us provide the quality care and support our residents deserve. 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 YOU People 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 PACKAGE As 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
Essential
1. No specific qualifications are required for this General Assistant role. The emphasis is on having the right personal qualities, such as reliability, compassion, and a willingness to support the residents. Barchester will provide training to cover the necessary skills for the role.