As a General Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a range of tasks to help provide quality care and support to the residents. You'll be responsible for various duties across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering, contributing to creating a warm and homely environment. The role requires a caring and empathetic approach, as well as reliability and practical skills to handle different tasks.
Main duties of the job
As a General Assistant, you'll be responsible for a diverse range of duties, including housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering. You'll play a crucial role in creating a warm and welcoming environment for the residents by providing high-quality care and support. The role requires a compassionate and reliable approach, as well as the ability to adapt to different tasks. Barchester Healthcare offers a comprehensive training program to ensure you have the necessary skills to thrive in this position.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care services in the UK, operating a network of care homes across the country. The company is committed to delivering the highest quality of care and support to its residents, fostering a warm and inclusive environment. Barchester Healthcare values its employees and offers a competitive rewards package, including various benefits and opportunities for professional development.
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 is looking for individuals with a can-do attitude, compassion, and the willingness to learn and develop their skills. The company provides comprehensive training to ensure you have the necessary knowledge and abilities to succeed 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.
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