General Assistant - Bank

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  • Horndean, Hampshire
  • £14.24 per hour
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 16 days ago
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 wide-reaching role involves responsibilities across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering, allowing you to contribute to creating a warm and homely environment.Main duties of the jobIn this General Assistant role, you'll be responsible for a variety of tasks to support the smooth running of the care home. This includes assisting with housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering. You'll need to be reliable, compassionate, and practical, with the ability to adapt to different tasks. Barchester provides training to help you thrive in this role, and there are opportunities to develop your skills further through additional courses.About usBarchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care and support services in the UK. They operate over 200 care homes, providing residential, nursing, and dementia care, as well as specialist services. Barchester is committed to creating a warm, welcoming, and homely environment for their residents, and values the contribution of every member of their team.DetailsDate posted18 August 2025Pay schemeOtherSalary£14.24 an hourContractBankWorking patternFlexible workingReference number1364220538Job locationsBarchester HealthcareHorndeanPO8 0AJJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesABOUT 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 schemeIf 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.#2003 Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesABOUT 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 schemeIf 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.#2003Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
  • No specific qualifications are required for this General Assistant role. Barchester is looking for candidates with the right personal qualities and attitude, who are willing to learn and develop their skills.
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
  • No specific qualifications are required for this General Assistant role. Barchester is looking for candidates with the right personal qualities and attitude, who are willing to learn and develop their skills.

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