Barchester Healthcare

Care Assistant - Care Home

The closing date is 23 September 2025

Job summary

The role of a Care Assistant at a Barchester care home involves providing high-quality care and support to residents, ensuring they receive the care and companionship they deserve. It's a varied and rewarding role that requires compassion, dedication, and excellent communication skills.

Main duties of the job

As a Care Assistant, you'll assist residents with daily living activities, follow care plans, and provide one-on-one support and companionship. You'll be responsible for a range of tasks, from helping with food and drink to ensuring each resident has quality time. This is an opportunity to use your caring skills in a fulfilling environment and develop your career.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, dedicated to delivering exceptional care and support to their residents. They offer a comprehensive benefits package, including training and development, wellbeing support, and employee recognition schemes.

Details

Date posted

26 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£13.02 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

1350489162

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Salisbury

SP5 2EJ


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.

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

  • You'll need some experience in caring for older people, a positive attitude, and excellent communication skills. Empathy and compassion are essential to provide the highest standard of care.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • You'll need some experience in caring for older people, a positive attitude, and excellent communication skills. Empathy and compassion are essential to provide the highest standard of care.

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

Salisbury

SP5 2EJ


Employer's website

https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Barchester Healthcare

Address

Barchester Healthcare

Salisbury

SP5 2EJ


Employer's website

https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Barchester Healthcare

Recruitment@barchester.com

Details

Date posted

26 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£13.02 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

1350489162

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Salisbury

SP5 2EJ


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