Ancillary Assistant

Springcare Care Homes Ltd; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Workplace pension scheme

Early pay via Wage Stream

Blue Light Card

Fully funded training (levels 2-5)

Refer a friend scheme

Counselling and wellbeing support

Family friendly policies

Recruitment portal

Job summary

Springcare Care Homes Ltd is seeking a dedicated Housekeeping Assistant to join our team, ensuring high standards of cleanliness, infection control and laundry for residents.

Shifts are typically within 8am–8pm, with a mix of morning, afternoon or long day options. We offer permanent full and part time day contracts with a pension, early pay, and training opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience not essential; full training provided.
• Two written references requested.
• DBS check may be required depending on role.
• Right to work in the UK must be demonstrated.

Responsibilities

• General cleaning and tidying of communal areas and residents' bedrooms.
• Hoovering, cleaning bathrooms and carrying out deep cleans.
• Laundry of residents' clothes, bedding and other items.
• Assisting the kitchen team.

Skills

Self-motivated

Team player

Conscientious

Communication skills

Strong work ethic

Organised

Friendly

Job description

Here at Springcare, we have a wonderful opportunity for a dedicated and conscientious Housekeeping Assistant to be a part of our Springcare family, where you will have a passion for creating a beautiful environment for our residents.

We believe that good housekeepers have many qualities, that make them excellent at their job:

What qualities does it take to be a Housekeeper at Springcare?

• Being self-motivated, and a team player
• Being conscientious with their work and pay attention to details
• Communication skills – communicating with our staff members and engaging with residents, showing care and empathy
• Have a strong work ethic and a positive can-do attitude
• Ability to prioritise their work and be organised.
• Be friendly and approachable

The role

As a Housekeeper with Springcare, you would take pride in ensuring that all standards of cleanliness, infection control and laundry are carried out to a high standard.

Everyday can be different within a care environment, some of the daily activities that our housekeeping team carry out are:

• General cleaning and tidying of communal areas and our residents' bedrooms
• Hoovering, cleaning bathrooms and carrying out deep cleans.
• Laundry of resident's clothes, bedding and other items.
• Assisting the kitchen team

Our housekeeping team generally work between the hours of 8am until 8pm, and could be a mix of morning, afternoon or a long day shift. Actual hours of work would be discussed during your interview.

Typical Shift patterns for a Day shift would be:

• 8am until 8pm
• 8am until 2pm
• 2pm until 8pm

Experience in a similar role is not essential; as we will support and provide you with full training.

What Springcare can offer to you:

• Permanent full and part time day contracts – with access to our work placed pension scheme
• Early pay using Wage Stream App – you can withdraw up to 50% of your earnings in advance of your pay
• Access to Blue Light Card – where you can make savings across hundreds of national retailers
• Fully funded training for nationally recognised qualifications (level 2 through to 5) with internal career progression opportunities
• Refer a friend £££ scheme for each friend that you recommend (T&C apply)
• Access to counselling and wellbeing support
• Family friendly policies
• Smooth robust recruitment process through our portal

If you are interested in becoming a housekeeper with Springcare, have the qualities that we believe make our housekeepers fantastic, we would love to hear from you and be part of your journey with a care environment.

Successful applicants would require two written references, a standard/enhanced DBS (depending on role) and evidence of a right to work in the UK check.

Springcare are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all of our staff are vetted, selected, trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective and compassionate care.