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Job Description
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- No specific qualifications are required for this role. Barchester provides comprehensive training to ensure you have the necessary skills to perform the duties of a General Assistant effectively. What matters most is your compassionate nature, reliability, and willingness to make a positive difference in the lives of the residents.
- No specific qualifications are required for this role. Barchester provides comprehensive training to ensure you have the necessary skills to perform the duties of a General Assistant effectively. What matters most is your compassionate nature, reliability, and willingness to make a positive difference in the lives of the residents.
Job summary
As a General Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a wide range of tasks to help provide high-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. You'll need to be reliable, compassionate, and practical, with a can-do attitude and the desire to make a positive difference in the lives of the residents.
Main duties of the job
As a General Assistant, you'll be responsible for a diverse range of tasks to support the smooth running of the care home. This includes housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering duties. You'll play a crucial role in maintaining a clean, comfortable, and welcoming environment for the residents. The job requires a practical and hands-on approach, as well as strong interpersonal skills to build positive relationships with the residents. You'll receive comprehensive training to ensure you have the necessary skills to thrive in this role.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care services in the UK. They operate a network of care homes that offer a range of residential, nursing, and dementia care services. Barchester is committed to delivering person-centered care and creating a warm, inclusive environment for their residents. As an employer, Barchester invests in the development and well-being of their staff, offering a competitive rewards package and opportunities for career progression.
Details
Date posted
01 May 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£12.71 an hour
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
1293209329
Job locations
Barchester Healthcare
Ashington
NE63 9AN
Job descriptionJob description
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.
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 SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Barchester Healthcare
Address
Barchester Healthcare
Ashington
NE63 9AN
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Barchester Healthcare
Address
Barchester Healthcare
Ashington
NE63 9AN
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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