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General Assistant
Barchester Healthcare
Home Office register entry: BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE LIMITED, LONDON
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Role description
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
As a General Assistant at a Barchester care home, you will carry out a wide range of tasks to help provide the quality care and support our residents deserve. You will take on diverse responsibilities across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering to create a warm and homely environment. Being reliable, compassionate, and caring are essential qualities for this role as you will build positive professional relationships with the residents. We provide training that covers everything you need to thrive, along with opportunities for further skill development.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is a provider of high-quality care services in the UK. Their care homes offer a warm and welcoming environment where residents can expect to receive personalized care and support tailored to their individual needs. Barchester is dedicated to providing the level of care that their employees would want for their own loved ones. They offer a competitive rewards package that includes free training and development opportunities, access to wellbeing support tools, and a range of retail discounts. They focus on fostering a positive work environment and rewarding staff for their hard work through various schemes.
Details
Date posted
20 August 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£13.21 an hour
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
1539804403
Job locations
Barchester Healthcare
Waltham Abbey
EN9 3JY
United Kingdom
Last verified against our ingestion on 3 September 2026; sponsor register dataset 2026-08-25.