General Assistant - Bank

NHS; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider seeks a General Assistant to join their team and support residents across various tasks including housekeeping and catering. This hands-on role emphasizes compassion and reliability, with comprehensive training provided. Employees enjoy a competitive rewards package, including development courses and discounts.

Benefits

Free learning and development

Profit share scheme

Holiday, retail, and leisure discounts

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Reliable, practical individual with a compassionate approach.
• Willing to learn and adapt to various tasks.

Responsibilities

• Perform housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering tasks.
• Support residents' needs and create a positive environment.

Skills

Compassion

Reliability

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 span across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering, allowing you to contribute to creating a warm and homely environment for the residents.

Main duties of the job

The General Assistant role involves a diverse range of duties to support the smooth running of the care home. You'll be responsible for tasks such as housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering, ensuring the residents' needs are met and their experience is a positive one. This is a hands-on role that requires a practical, reliable, and compassionate approach.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care homes across the UK. They are committed to delivering exceptional care and support to their residents, creating a warm and welcoming environment. The organisation values its employees and offers a range of rewards and development opportunities.

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 Healthcare provides comprehensive training to ensure you have the skills and knowledge to thrive in the General Assistant position.

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.