Care Assistant - Care Home

Job summary

This role as a Care Assistant at a Barchester care home involves providing high-quality care and support to residents, ensuring they enjoy each day and receive the care they deserve. It's a chance to use your compassion and dedication in a fulfilling environment, where every day will be different and rewarding.

As a Care Assistant, you'll assist residents with daily living activities, provide support and companionship, and create great moments and memories. You'll follow care plans, support residents with food and drink, and ensure they have one‑on‑one time. It's an opportunity to use your skills in a meaningful way and develop your career.

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, dedicated to delivering the highest standards of care and support to residents. They offer a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for training and development.

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. 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 roles
• Access to wellbeing and support tools
• A range of retail discounts and savings
• Unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend bonus scheme
• Employee 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.

• To join as a Care Assistant, you'll need some experience in caring for older people, a positive attitude, and excellent communication skills. You'll also need to demonstrate the compassion and empathy required to provide the best care for residents.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.

Barchester Healthcare

Aberdeen

AB22 8ZP

Employer website:

Salary: £12.90 an hour

Pay scheme:
Other

Contract:

Permanent

Working pattern:
Full-time, Part‑time

Date posted: 19 February 2026

Reference number:

Barchester Healthcare Aberdeen AB22 8ZP