General Assistant

Barchester Healthcare

The closing date is 04 April 2025

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Job summary

As a General Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a wide range of tasks to help provide quality care and support to residents. This diverse role covers responsibilities across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry and catering, allowing you to make a meaningful contribution to creating a warm and homely environment. With a caring and empathetic approach, you'll build positive relationships with residents and ensure their experience with the home is a happy and fulfilling one.

Main duties of the job

As a General Assistant, you'll 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'll need to be practical, reliable, and compassionate, with a genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of the residents. While previous experience is not essential, Barchester will provide comprehensive training to ensure you have the skills and knowledge required to thrive in this role.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care homes across the UK. With a focus on delivering person-centred care, the organisation is committed to creating warm, inclusive environments that enable residents to live their best lives. Barchester invests heavily in the training and development of its staff, providing opportunities for career progression and the acquisition of new skills.

Date posted

04 February 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£11.94 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

1235792630

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Banbury

OX17 2JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs 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 YOUPeople 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 PACKAGEAs 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 ROLEAs 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 YOUPeople 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 PACKAGEAs 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 and your ability to provide compassionate, person-centred care. A willingness to learn and develop your skills is essential, as the organisation will provide comprehensive training to ensure you have the knowledge and competencies required to succeed in the role.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • No specific qualifications are required for this General Assistant role. Barchester is more interested in your personal qualities and your ability to provide compassionate, person-centred care. A willingness to learn and develop your skills is essential, as the organisation will provide comprehensive training to ensure you have the knowledge and competencies required to succeed in the role.

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

Banbury

OX17 2JL


Employer's website

https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Barchester Healthcare

Address

Barchester Healthcare

Banbury

OX17 2JL


Employer's website

https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Barchester Healthcare

Recruitment@barchester.com

Date posted

04 February 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£11.94 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

1235792630

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Banbury

OX17 2JL


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