General Assistant - BankNHS

Job summary

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.

Main duties of the job

This General Assistant role with Barchester Healthcare involves carrying out diverse tasks like housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering in a care home environment. It emphasizes the importance of creating a warm, homely atmosphere for residents and building meaningful, professional relationships with them. The role requires individuals to be caring, empathetic, reliable, and compassionate. A practical mindset for handling various tasks is also important. Barchester provides training and development opportunities for skill enhancement, and a rewards package including free training, wellbeing and support tools, retail discounts, and a refer-a-friend scheme.

Job description

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.

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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 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.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a dedicated provider of quality care services, operating care homes that are intended to be warm and homely for the residents. The organization values a can-do approach and people skills in its staff, aiming to deliver the level of care expected for loved ones. It offers a supportive environment for employees to grow professionally with opportunities for training and development. Barchester also boasts of a competitive salary and the best rewards package in the care sector, ensuring that employees feel valued and motivated while working in various roles within the organization.