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Barchester Healthcare

Why does Barchester Healthcare get a rating of 5.8?

Based on 95 job reviews, employees tell us the following about Barchester Healthcare

Based on 95 job reviews

About

Barchester Healthcare is a care group. They operate care homes and assisted living locations.

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Pay ranges

  1. Care workers and assistants

    £8.43–9.41 per hour

  2. Nurses

    £15.50–20.89 per hour

  3. Senior care workers

    £9.46–10.23 per hour

Handy to know

How much notice do people get of their shifts?

12%
16%
17%
43%
13%

Based on 94 employees

What contracts are people on?

6%
1%
45%
48%

Based on 89 employees

How often do people get paid?

1%
22%
77%

Based on 90 employees

How are people paid?

By the hour 97% of people report they get paid by the hour

Based on 95 employees

Featured Barchester Healthcare job reviews

  • Best thing

    I enjoy chatting and listening to the people which live in the care home.
    I work with some great people there, I enjoy chatting and working with them.

    Worst thing

    Not doing a good job, because we are not given enough time or staff to do the job correctly.
    Seeing residence unhappy and not having the time to spend with them to support them.

    5.5

    Care assistant, November 2020

    • £9.41 per hour
    • 25 or older
    • More than 3 years experience

  • Best thing

    I love been a carer and looking after patients . I love interacting and seeing them progress and some go home .

    Worst thing

    I feel we aren’t praised enough and rewarded enough it always seems to be the same people that get rewarded when we do so much .

    6.5

    Employee, March 2021

    • £8.72 per hour
    • 25 or older
    • More than 3 years experience

  • Best thing

    We work incredibly hard, it’s a very rewarding place to work, the friends you make last a lifetime.

    Worst thing

    Usually not enough staff or hrs, leading to stress amongst staff.

    4.7

    Head of Housekeeping, December 2020

    • Manages people
    • £9.33 per hour
    • 25 or older
    • More than 3 years experience

  • Best thing

    The colleagues I work with and the residents I look after are all the best people

    Worst thing

    The pay, the hours and working weekends

    4.8

    Employee, March 2021

    • £9.50 per hour
    • 25 or older
    • More than 3 years experience
See all 41 Barchester Healthcare job reviews

Jobs by location

  1. West Sussex

    150 job openings

  2. North Yorkshire

    109 job openings

  3. Devon

    78 job openings

  4. Hampshire

    75 job openings

  5. Surrey

    73 job openings

  6. Greater London

    73 job openings

  7. Cambridgeshire

    67 job openings

  8. Oxfordshire

    67 job openings

  9. Lincolnshire

    64 job openings

  10. Bristol

    57 job openings

  11. Somerset

    57 job openings

  12. Durham

    56 job openings

  13. Buckinghamshire

    48 job openings

  14. East Riding of Yorkshire

    48 job openings

  15. Gloucestershire

    46 job openings

  16. Kent

    46 job openings

  17. Nottinghamshire

    45 job openings

  18. Cheshire

    44 job openings

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Barchester Healthcare ranks joint 52nd to work for in Best care companies to work for in the UK

  1. 45= The Richmond Fellowship Scotland
    5.9
  2. 52= Barchester Healthcare
    5.8
  3. 52= Runwood Homes
    5.8
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