General Assistant

NHS; Ashington; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading care provider as a General Assistant, where you will support residents through various tasks including housekeeping and catering. Your compassionate and practical approach will help create a warm environment, and you'll receive comprehensive training to thrive in this role. Enjoy a competitive rewards package and opportunities for personal development.

Benefits

Free learning and development

Profit share scheme

Holiday, retail and leisure discounts

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications required; training provided.
• Compassionate nature and reliability are essential.

Responsibilities

• Carry out housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering tasks.
• Build positive relationships with residents.

Skills

Compassionate

Reliable

Practical

Job description

As a General Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a wide range of tasks to help provide high-quality care and support for the residents. Your responsibilities will span across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering, allowing you to contribute to creating a warm and homely environment. You'll need to be reliable, compassionate, and practical, with a can-do attitude and the desire to make a positive difference in the lives of the residents.

Main duties of the job

As a General Assistant, you'll be responsible for a diverse range of tasks to support the smooth running of the care home. This includes housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering duties. You'll play a crucial role in maintaining a clean, comfortable, and welcoming environment for the residents. The job requires a practical and hands-on approach, as well as strong interpersonal skills to build positive relationships with the residents. You'll receive comprehensive training to ensure you have the necessary skills to thrive in this role.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care services in the UK. They operate a network of care homes that offer a range of residential, nursing, and dementia care services. Barchester is committed to delivering person-centered care and creating a warm, inclusive environment for their residents. As an employer, Barchester invests in the development and well-being of their staff, offering a competitive rewards package and opportunities for career progression.

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

• No specific qualifications are required for this role. Barchester provides comprehensive training to ensure you have the necessary skills to perform the duties of a General Assistant effectively. What matters most is your compassionate nature, reliability, and willingness to make a positive difference in the lives of the residents.

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.