General Assistant

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 for the residents.

Main duties of the job

In this General Assistant role, you will be responsible for a variety of tasks to support the smooth running of the care home. This includes duties in housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering. You will be a key part of the team, helping to create a comfortable and welcoming atmosphere for the residents. The role requires reliability, compassion, and a willingness to adapt to different tasks. Barchester Healthcare will provide training to ensure you have the skills needed to thrive in this position.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK. They are committed to delivering high-quality care and support to their residents, with a focus on creating a warm and homely environment. The company offers a competitive rewards package, including training and development opportunities, employee benefits, and recognition schemes.

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 training and development for all roles Access to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savings Unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend' bonus scheme Employee of the Month' rewards and Long Service Awards'

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

• No specific qualifications are required for this role. Barchester Healthcare is looking for candidates who are reliable, compassionate, and willing to learn. The company will provide the necessary training to ensure you have the skills to succeed as a General Assistant.

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.

#J-18808-Ljbffr