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 cover housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering, allowing you to contribute to creating a warm and homely environment. With your reliable, compassionate, and caring approach, you'll build positive relationships with the residents, ensuring their experience with the care home is a happy and meaningful one. Main duties of the job In this General Assistant role, you'll be responsible for a diverse range of tasks across the care home, including housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering. Your role will be vital in creating a warm and welcoming environment for the residents, and you'll be expected to be reliable, compassionate, and caring in your interactions with them. The training provided will cover everything you need to thrive in this position, and you'll also have opportunities to further develop your skills through additional courses. About us Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care services in the UK. With a strong focus on person-centered care, the organization operates numerous care homes and facilities, catering to the diverse needs of its residents. Barchester is committed to creating a positive and supportive working environment for its employees, offering competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. Date posted 09 November 2024 Pay scheme Other Salary £11.94 an hour Contract Bank Working pattern Flexible working Reference number 1187375446 Job locations Barchester Healthcare Wisbech PE14 8JB 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. 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 No specific qualifications are required for this General Assistant role. The emphasis is on your personal qualities, such as being reliable, compassionate, and caring, as well as your willingness to learn and develop new skills through the provided training. Person Specification Qualifications Essential No specific qualifications are required for this General Assistant role. The emphasis is on your personal qualities, such as being reliable, compassionate, and caring, as well as your willingness to learn and develop new skills through the provided training. 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. Employer details Employer name Barchester Healthcare Address Barchester Healthcare Wisbech PE14 8JB Employer's website https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)