Job Ref: LEU1011
Branch: Leuchie House
Location: Leuchie House, North Berwick
Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Part Time
Shift pattern: 8am-12pm
Hours per week: 14-16
Posted date: 22/07/2026
Closing date: 20/09/2026
This is an ideal role for anyone looking to start in the care industry. No experience necessary, full training provided.
The role
Our general assistants play an essential part in creating the welcoming, friendly environment for our guests that Leuchie House is known for.
Responsibilities include preparing the dining room for mealtimes, assisting guests with eating and drinking and interacting with guests to make mealtimes fun and relaxing. Occasional assisting with personal care to ensure guest comfort and wellbeing.
Hours
We have two part-time positions available (around 13 - 16 hours per week) working 8am to 12pm over a 2-week rota period.
Requirements
- Right to work in the UK essential
- No experience necessary (full paid training provided)
- Good communication skills
- Caring and compassionate
- Positive, friendly attitude
- Completion of a satisfactory Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check
Salary and benefits
- Competitive salary of £13.45 per hour
- Guarantee of every other weekend off (Fri 1pm finish)
- 35 days holiday per year (pro rata for p/t employees)
- Referral bonus
- Paid training and funding access for SVQ2 and opportunities for career progression
- Cycle to work scheme, discount card scheme membership for high street retailers, pension and life assurance, free refreshments provided during shifts, access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- The chance to make a real difference to the lives of people with long term conditions!!
About us
We are a unique, caring independent charity providing short break holidays for adults with long-term neurological conditions such as MS, MND and Stroke.
We are the only service of our kind in Scotland and we aim to be more than just a change of caring environment instead offering a wonderful holiday experience, enabled by our nursing, care and general assistant teams.
We are proud to be a Real Living Wage accredited employer and we care about our employees, operating family friendly policies. We support and encourage Equality and Diversity, and we are working towards making Leuchie a ‘greener’ place to work and reducing our environmental impact.
Apply today and see where a career in Care will take you.
We support individuals and families living with neurological conditions such as MS, MND, Parkinson's and stroke through short respite breaks at Leuchie House in East Lothian, and outreach services.
We're the only charity in the UK to combine specialist nursing, physio and occupational therapy with healthcare technology. We proactively improve health, re-enable independence and reduce the loneliness endured by people with a neurological condition and the loved ones who care for them, while providing families with a respite break.
