General Assistant

Abbeyfield Group; Havant; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbeyfield Living Society is seeking a General Housing Assistant to support their Sheltered Housing property in Havant. The role focuses on enhancing the wellbeing of older residents by ensuring a clean environment, assisting with meals, and offering companionship. Join a national charity dedicated to alleviating loneliness in older people and enjoy several employee benefits including competitive pay and career growth opportunities.

Benefits

25 days annual leave, increasing to 28 after 5 years

Comprehensive induction and career development

Medicash support and Employee Assistance Programme

£500 refer-a-friend scheme

Occupational sick pay and cycle-to-work scheme

Qualifications

• Ability to assist with meal preparation and serving.
• Skills in promoting resident wellbeing in a supportive environment.
• Willingness to cook/bake occasionally.

Responsibilities

• Ensure communal areas are clean and tidy.
• Assist with meal preparation and serving.
• Promote the wellbeing of residents.

Skills

Cheerful and friendly demeanour

Understand needs of older people

Proactive

Organised

Job description

Posted Thursday 19 June 2025 at 00:00 | Expires Wednesday 16 July 2025 at 23:59

Role: General Housing Assistant

The Abbeyfield Living Society are a national charity helping to alleviate loneliness and isolation in older people by providing companionship in our supported housing accommodation, retirement apartments and care homes.

This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who would be interested in joining our organisation, to support our Sheltered Housing property in Havant. If you are looking for a rewarding role to fit around you, Abbeyfield Living Society would love for you to join us.

You can never underestimate the power a friendly face and a home cooked meal has on someone’s day. This is a varied role, with resident wellbeing at the forefront of what we do.

This is a varied role, the main tasks of a General Housing Assistant include:

• Ensure communal areas are clean and tidy
• Assist with meal preparation and serving
• Ensuring food stores and maintained with stock rotation
• Promote wellbeing of residents
• Opportunity to cook/bake on occasion to cover Cook (to be discussed further at interview)

Our ideal candidate for General Housing Assistantwill have the following qualities

• A cheerful and friendly demeanour
• Understand the needs of older people
• Proactive and organised, someone that takes pride in what they do

Why Join Abbeyfield Living Society?

We’re committed to recognising and rewarding our team members. Working with us comes with a range of benefits, including:

• Annual Leave: 25 days, increasing to 28 days after 5 years of service, plus public holidays.
• Growth & Development: Comprehensive induction and career development opportunities.
• Competitive Pay: Benchmark-based and with progression opportunities.
• Health & Wellbeing: Medicash support, Employee Assistance Programme, and discounted gym membership.
• Financial Rewards: £500 refer-a-friend scheme, life assurance, and company pension.
• Exclusive Discounts: BenefitHub and Blue Light Card discounts for social care sector workers.
• Additional Perks: Occupational sick pay, cycle-to-work scheme, and more.

Please note this role will require eligibility to work in the UK, two satisfactory employment references and a basic DBS check, the cost of which will be met by Abbeyfield. You may be asked to provide details regarding convictions; failure to disclose convictions may result in an offer of employment being revoked.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications. We encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.