What are the responsibilities and job description for the General Assistant - Bank position at Barchester Healthcare?
Job summary
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 residents. This is a wide-ranging role where you'll contribute to creating a warm and homely environment by taking on diverse responsibilities across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering.
Main duties of the job
The General Assistant role involves a variety of tasks to support the smooth running of the care home. You'll be part of a team dedicated to ensuring residents receive the best possible care and experience. Practical skills, compassion, and a willingness to get involved in different areas are key. Barchester provides training and development opportunities to help you thrive in this position.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of residential care, nursing care, and dementia care in the UK. They operate over 200 care homes across the country, focusing on delivering high-quality care and creating a comfortable, homely environment for residents.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- No specific qualifications are required, but relevant experience in a care or support role would be advantageous. Barchester provides comprehensive training to help you succeed in the role.
