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General Assistant

General Assistant

Abbeyfield GroupStockport, England, United Kingdom
24 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Posted Friday 13 June 2025 at 00 : 00 | Expires Monday 30 June 2025 at 23 : 59

Role : General Housing Assistant

Location : Stockport

Rota : Week 1 Tues, Wed, Week 2 Wed, Thurs, Week 3 Sat, Sun

The Abbeyfield Society are a national charity helping to alleviate loneliness and isolation in older people by providing companionship in our supported housing accommodation, retirement apartments and care homes.

This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who would be interested in joining our organisation, to support our Sheltered Housing property in Stockport. If you are looking for a rewarding role to fit around you, Abbeyfield would love for you to join us.

You can never underestimate the power a friendly face and a home cooked meal has on someone’s day. This is a varied role, with resident wellbeing at the forefront of what we do.

This is a varied role, the main tasks of a General Housing Assistant include :

  • Ensure communal areas are clean and tidy
  • Assist with meal preparation and serving
  • Ensuring food stores and maintained with stock rotation
  • Promote wellbeing of residents
  • Opportunity to cook / bake on occasion to cover Cook (to be discussed further at interview)

Our ideal candidate for General Housing Assistantwill have the following qualities

  • A cheerful and friendly demeanour
  • Understand the needs of older people
  • Proactive and organised, someone that takes pride in what they do
  • Why Join Abbeyfield?

    We’re committed to recognising and rewarding our team members. Working with us comes with a range of benefits, including :

  • Annual Leave : 25 days, increasing to 28 days after 5 years of service, plus public holidays.
  • Growth & Development : Comprehensive induction and career development opportunities.
  • Competitive Pay : Benchmark-based and with progression opportunities.
  • Health & Wellbeing : Medicash support, Employee Assistance Programme, and discounted gym membership.
  • Financial Rewards : £500 refer-a-friend scheme, life assurance, and company pension.
  • Exclusive Discounts : BenefitHub and Blue Light Card discounts for social care sector workers.
  • Additional Perks : Occupational sick pay, cycle-to-work scheme, and more.
  • Please note this role will require eligibility to work in the UK, two satisfactory employment references and a basic DBS check, the cost of which will be met by Abbeyfield. You may be asked to provide details regarding convictions; failure to disclose convictions may result in an offer of employment being revoked.

    We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications. We encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

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