General Assistant

NHS; Lasswade; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a General Assistant to join their team in Scotland. The role involves housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering responsibilities, all aimed at creating a warm environment for residents. No specific qualifications are needed, but reliability and compassion are essential. The company offers free training, retail discounts, and a caring workplace culture. This position provides an opportunity to make a real difference in residents' lives while enjoying a comprehensive rewards package.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing support tools

Retail discounts

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications are required; personal qualities are prioritized.
• Willingness to make a difference is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Carry out housekeeping and cleaning tasks.
• Assist with laundry and catering responsibilities.
• Create a warm and homely environment for residents.

Skills

Reliability

Compassion

Caring

Job description

As a General Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a range of tasks to help provide quality care and support for the residents. Your responsibilities will include housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering. You'll be a key part of creating a warm and homely environment for the residents.

Main duties of the job

As a General Assistant, you'll be responsible for a variety of tasks across the care home, including housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering. You'll need to be reliable, compassionate, and always ready to make a difference. The role requires practical skills demonstrating the ability to adapt to different tasks. Barchester Healthcare will provide training to help you thrive in this role, and you'll have the opportunity to further develop your skills through additional courses.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK. They are committed to delivering high‑quality care and support to their residents, and value their staff highly. The company offers a competitive salary, a generous benefits package, and opportunities for ongoing training and development.

Job responsibilities

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, you will 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

• 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
• Long Service Awards

If you'd like to use your can‑do approach and people skills in an organization that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications are required for this role. Barchester Healthcare is looking for individuals with the right personal qualities, such as reliability, compassion, and a willingness to make a difference.

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.