General Assistant

Barchester Healthcare; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare is seeking a General Assistant to join their care home team. This role involves a variety of tasks aimed at providing quality care and support to residents. Ideal candidates are reliable, compassionate, and ready to make a difference in the lives of others. The position offers training and development opportunities, along with a competitive rewards package.

Benefits

Free learning and development

Profit share scheme

Holiday, retail and leisure discounts

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Reliable and compassionate individual.
• Practical and adaptable to various tasks.
• Willingness to learn and develop skills.

Responsibilities

• Carry out diverse tasks across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering.
• Build positive relationships with residents to enhance their experience.
• Create a warm and homely environment.

Skills

Reliability

Compassion

Caring

Practicality

Job description

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, 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 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
As 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.