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 residents. Your responsibilities will span housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering, allowing you to contribute to creating a warm and homely environment. This diverse role requires reliability, compassion, and a willingness to tackle different tasks, all of which Barchester will support through training and development opportunities. Main duties of the job As a General Assistant, you'll be responsible for a wide range of duties to support the care home's operations. This includes tasks in housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering. You'll need to be a reliable, compassionate, and practical individual who can adapt to different responsibilities. Barchester will provide training to ensure you have the skills needed to thrive in this role and offer opportunities for further development. About us Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, dedicated to delivering high-quality care and support to residents. With a focus on creating a warm and homely environment, the organisation values employees who are caring, empathetic, and committed to making a positive difference in the lives of those they serve. Date posted 09 January 2025 Pay scheme Other Salary £12.03 an hour Contract Bank Working pattern Flexible working Reference number 1222464444 Job locations Barchester Healthcare Peterhead AB42 1JQ 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. Barchester is more interested in your personal qualities, such as reliability, compassion, and a willingness to learn and adapt. Person Specification Qualifications Essential No specific qualifications are required for this General Assistant role. Barchester is more interested in your personal qualities, such as reliability, compassion, and a willingness to learn and adapt. 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 Peterhead AB42 1JQ Employer's website https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)