About this role
Job summary ABOUT THE ROLE As a Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help residents enjoy each day by making sure they get the quality care and support they deserve. You'll assist with daily living, providing support and companionship and sharing great moments and memories too. It's a chance to bring your dedication and compassion to a fulfilling environment. Every day will be different, so you can expect to undertake work that's as varied as it is rewarding. As a Care Assistant, you could be doing anything from supporting residents with their food and drink and following care plans to ensuring that each of our residents has one-to-one time. It's an opportunity to put your skills to meaningful use and develop your career. ABOUT YOU To join us as a Care Assistant you'll need to have some experience of caring for older people, a can-do approach and excellent communication skills. Your empathy and warm-hearted approach will shine through, but above all, you'll have the compassion needed to deliver the highest standard of care and support for all our residents.
Main duties of the job As a Care Assistant at Barchester Healthcare, situated in Balsall Common, your primary role involves aiding residents with daily living activities and ensuring they receive the quality care and support they deserve. This includes providing companionship, assistance with food and drink, following care plans, and spending one-on-one time with residents. The role requires a compassionate, empathetic, can-do attitude, and excellent communication skills. Experience in caring for older people is necessary. Barchester offers a rewarding work environment with varied duties, alongside competitive pay and sector-leading benefits such as free training, access to wellbeing tools, retail discounts, and reward packages like 'Refer a Friend' bonuses and 'Employee of the Month' rewards.
About us Barchester Healthcare is a prominent healthcare company that operates a number of care homes and hospitals throughout the UK. Their mission is to provide the highest standards of care and support for their residents, ensuring that each individual receives personalized and compassionate service tailored to their needs. Known for their dedication to quality care, Barchester continually strives for excellence and invests in their staff's development and wellbeing. Employees at Barchester enjoy a supportive work environment, benefit from continuous professional training, and are part of a community that values rewarding and recognizing their contributions. Barchester is committed to fostering a positive and fulfilling place to work where both staff and residents thrive.
Job description Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help residents enjoy each day by making sure they get the quality care and support they deserve. You'll assist with daily living, providing support and companionship and sharing great moments and memories too. It's a chance to bring your dedication and compassion to a fulfilling environment. Every day will be different, so you can expect to undertake work that's as varied as it is rewarding. As a Care Assistant, you could be doing anything from supporting residents with their food and drink and following care plans to ensuring that each of our residents has one-to-one time. It's an opportunity to put your skills to meaningful use and develop your career.
ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Care Assistant you'll need to have some experience of caring for older people, a can-do approach and excellent communication skills. Your empathy and warm-hearted approach will shine through, but above all, you'll have the compassion needed to deliver the highest standard of care and support for all our residents. In return we'll provide all the training you need to thrive.
REWARDS PACKAGE
In return for your dedication, you'll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including:
Free training and development for all rolesAccess to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savingsUnlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend' bonus schemeEmployee of the Month' rewards and Long Service Awards'
And so much more!
If you'd like to use your 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
Experience in caring for older people, a can-do approach, excellent communication skills, empathy, compassion.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Barchester Healthcare
Address Barchester Healthcare
Balsall Common
CV7 7SR
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)