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.
Main duties of the job As a Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll have the opportunity to help residents enjoy each day while they receive the quality care and support they deserve. You will be assisting with daily living, offering support and companionship, and sharing meaningful moments and memories. This role allows you to bring dedication and compassion to a rewarding environment where every day is different. Your duties may include assisting residents with food and drink, following care plans, and ensuring residents have personal interactions. Through meaningful work, you'll have the chance to develop your career in care.
About us Barchester Healthcare is a well-established company in the healthcare sector, committed to providing high-quality care and support to residents in their care homes. As an organisation, Barchester Healthcare values dedication, compassion, and empathy, ensuring that every resident receives the best possible care tailored to their needs. Employees are offered comprehensive training and development opportunities, access to wellbeing and support tools, and a range of benefits to promote employee satisfaction. Barchester Healthcare promotes a caring and rewarding work environment where staff are encouraged to use their skills in meaningful ways to positively impact the lives of older people.
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, excellent communication skills, empathy, and a compassionate approach.
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
Eastbourne
BN23 6JF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)