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 residents. Your responsibilities will span across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering, allowing you to contribute to creating a warm and homely environment. This diverse role requires a caring, empathetic, and practical approach, as you'll build positive relationships with residents and be an important part of the care home team.
Main duties of the job
The General Assistant role at Barchester Healthcare involves a wide range of responsibilities to support the daily operations of a care home. You'll be responsible for tasks across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering, ensuring the smooth running of the home and contributing to a warm, comfortable environment for residents. This is a hands-on role that requires a practical, compassionate, and reliable approach, as you'll be interacting directly with residents and building positive professional relationships. Barchester provides comprehensive training to equip you with the necessary skills to thrive in this role.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care homes across the UK. The company is committed to delivering exceptional care and support to its residents, fostering a warm and inclusive environment. As a General Assistant, you'll be a crucial member of the care home team, contributing to the overall well-being and happiness of the residents.
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* No specific qualifications are required for the General Assistant role, as Barchester provides comprehensive training to ensure you have the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed. However, a caring, reliable, and practical approach, as well as the ability to work well in a team, are key attributes for this position.
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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