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 to the residents. Your responsibilities will include housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering, all aimed at creating a warm and homely environment. With your reliable, compassionate, and caring approach, you'll be a vital part of the care home team.

As a General Assistant, you'll be responsible for a diverse range of duties across the care home, including housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering. Your role will be to support the provision of quality care and create a warm, comfortable environment for the residents. You'll need to be reliable, compassionate, and ready to make a positive difference in the lives of the people you support.

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes and services in the UK. With a focus on delivering high-quality care and support, the organisation operates a network of care homes across the country. As a General Assistant, you'll be an integral part of the team, contributing to the overall well-being and experience of the residents.

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.

• No specific qualifications are required for this role. Barchester Healthcare provides comprehensive training to ensure you have the necessary skills and knowledge to thrive in the position.

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.