General Assistant - Bank

Barchester Healthcare; Bourne; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free training and development

Wellbeing tools

Retail discounts and savings

Refer a Friend bonus

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare operates care homes in the United Kingdom, offering supportive roles such as General Assistant within a home environment. The role involves practical tasks across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry and catering, all performed with empathy to create a warm, homely atmosphere for residents.

Ideal candidates are reliable, caring and flexible, ready to undertake training and grow within the team as part of delivering quality care and genuine resident well-being.

Qualifications

• Reliable, compassionate and caring with a can-do attitude.
• Willing to learn and participate in training.
• Ability to work flexibly across housekeeping, laundry and catering.

Responsibilities

• Assist with housekeeping, cleaning, laundry and catering.
• Provide a warm and homely environment for residents.
• Support residents with daily activities with care and empathy.
• Work as part of a team to maintain high standards of cleanliness and safety.

Skills

Reliability

Compassion

Practicality

Job description

Pay rate advertised includes bank enhancement

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.

Benefits

As well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:

• 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

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.