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. Your responsibilities will span across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering, ensuring a warm and homely environment. This is a wide-ranging role that requires reliability, compassion, and a commitment to making a positive difference in the lives of the residents.
Main duties of the job
As a General Assistant, you'll be responsible for a variety of tasks to support the operations of the care home. This includes housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering duties. You'll need to be practical, adaptable, and able to work well as part of a team to ensure the residents receive the quality care and support they deserve. The training provided will cover everything you need to thrive in this role, and there will be opportunities to develop your skills further through additional courses.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of residential and nursing care homes in the UK. With a strong focus on quality care and a commitment to creating a warm and welcoming environment for their residents, Barchester is an organisation that values its staff and offers a comprehensive benefits package.
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 role, as the necessary skills and knowledge will be provided through the company's training programs. A caring and compassionate nature, a willingness to learn, and a practical approach to a wide range of tasks are the key attributes sought for this position.