Barchester Healthcare

General Assistant

The closing date is 30 August 2025

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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 to our residents. Your diverse responsibilities will span across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering, enabling you to play a vital role in creating a warm and homely environment for our residents.

Main duties of the job

The General Assistant role involves a wide range of responsibilities, ensuring the smooth running of the care home. You'll be responsible for tasks such as housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering, all of which contribute to providing a comfortable and welcoming environment for our residents. This is a hands-on role that requires a practical and empathetic approach, as you'll be interacting directly with the residents and building positive relationships with them.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care and support services in the UK. With a network of care homes and communities across the country, Barchester is committed to delivering exceptional care and creating a warm, homely atmosphere for its residents. The organization values its employees and offers a competitive rewards package, including opportunities for professional development.

Details

Date posted

01 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.71 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

1335808645

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Horsham

RH12 5HT


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 role, as Barchester provides comprehensive training to support you in your role. However, you should possess a caring and empathetic personality, along with a practical approach and a willingness to take on diverse tasks.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • No specific qualifications are required for this role, as Barchester provides comprehensive training to support you in your role. However, you should possess a caring and empathetic personality, along with a practical approach and a willingness to take on diverse tasks.

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

Horsham

RH12 5HT


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Barchester Healthcare

Address

Barchester Healthcare

Horsham

RH12 5HT


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Barchester Healthcare

Recruitment@barchester.com

Details

Date posted

01 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.71 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

1335808645

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Horsham

RH12 5HT


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