Ancillary Assistant

SPRINGCARE LTD; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 12,398,000 - 15,154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Wage Stream access

Blue Light Card

Fully funded training

Job summary

Springcare Ltd. is looking for an Ancillary Assistant to support cleanliness, infection control and laundry across our care environment. You’ll handle domestic tasks, assist the kitchen team, and ensure supplies and equipment are well maintained.

Key qualities include reliability, teamwork and good communication with residents and staff. Full training is provided, with shift patterns including day hours and flexible options.

Qualifications

• Being self-motivated and a team player.
• Conscientious with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication with staff and residents, showing care and empathy.
• Strong work ethic and a positive can-do attitude.
• Ability to prioritise work and stay organised.
• Friendly and approachable; training provided.

Responsibilities

• General cleaning and tidying of communal areas and residents' bedrooms.
• Hoovering, cleaning bathrooms and deep cleans.
• Laundry of residents' clothes, bedding and items.
• Assisting the kitchen team as needed.
• Maintaining housekeeping products and stock.

Skills

Team player

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Strong work ethic

Organised

Friendly

Right to work in UK

Job description

As an Ancillary Assistant 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
• Maintaining housekeeping products

Our Ancillary 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

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

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.

Benefits

• 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