Job Description

As a General Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a range of tasks to help provide the quality care and support residents deserve. Your responsibilities will span across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering, creating a warm and homely environment for the residents. This wide-reaching role requires a reliable, compassionate, and practical individual who can build positive relationships with 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 key role in creating a warm and welcoming environment for the residents, building positive relationships with them and ensuring their experience is happy and meaningful.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, committed to delivering high-quality care and support to its residents. With a strong focus on creating a homely and inclusive environment, the organisation values its employees and provides a range of benefits and development opportunities.
Details
Date posted
25 July 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
12.71 an hour
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Flexible working
Reference number
1350085540
Job locations
Barchester Healthcare
Northampton
NN4 0XN
Job 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 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• No specific qualifications are required for this role, as Barchester will provide the necessary training. However, a caring and empathetic nature, as well as a practical and reliable approach, are essential for success in this position.

• No specific qualifications are required for this role, as Barchester will provide the necessary training. However, a caring and empathetic nature, as well as a practical and reliable approach, are essential for success in this position.