Relief General Assistant

Relief Opportunities Available

• Please note that we do not currently offer any Tier 2 sponsorship

About the role

Our General Assistants maintain a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene throughout the service in order to provide a quality living environment for residents : this includes individual accommodation and communal areas.

You’ll provide residents with a high standard laundry service, support the provision of a high-quality catering service and support residents to take part in activities when required. You’ll ensure that residents with us are provided with choice, dignity and respect by maintaining professional boundaries and confidentiality at all times.

To meet the needs of our residents, our care provision is delivered over 7 days a week. This role works flexibly throughout the week on a rota basis, subject to the needs of the residents, any flexible working arrangements in place and the working time regulations.

About you

We’d like our General Assistant to be able to work positively with residents and colleagues from diverse backgrounds. You’ll be able to work as part of a team and have the ability to work on your own and under instruction from others.

You’ll have good communication skills and be able to work flexible shifts across a seven-day week to meet the service needs.

Our core priority

JRHT strives to be a housing association that is sustainable and engaging, providing high quality and continuously improving services and decent affordable homes in well managed communities prioritising those in greatest need.

How to apply

To apply, please complete the online application.

Closing date for applications is 29th October 2025.

Please note that we will be shortlisting and interviewing on an on-going basis and reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received.

Additional Information

We are a values driven organisation and our values drive our behaviours. We’re at our best when we’re continually building on trust, showing we care and making a difference – and we hope others will do the same. We are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace, where all colleagues can be themselves.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At JRHT we believe in giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or social economic background. We positively encourage applications from people with experience of living in poverty.

As part of our commitment to equity and specifically anti-racism, we operate an anonymised recruitment process so that bias is eliminated from the shortlisting process.

We are a Disability Confident Employer. This means that we are committed to the recruitment, progression and retention of disabled individuals. We offer interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the job. If you have a disability, please tell us if you would like to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme