Ancillary Assistant

Springcare Care Homes Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Early pay app

Blue Light Card

National qualifications training

Refer a friend scheme

Counselling support

Family friendly policies

Recruitment portal

Job summary

Springcare Care Homes Ltd is seeking a dedicated Housekeeping Assistant to join our team and help create a safe, clean and welcoming environment for our residents. You will carry out daily cleaning, laundry, and general housekeeping tasks across communal areas and bedrooms, with flexible day shifts between 8am and 8pm.

Training is provided to new staff. We offer permanent full and part-time day contracts, access to a pension scheme, early pay options, Blue Light Card discounts, funded training,

Qualifications

• Experience not essential; full training provided.
• Ability to communicate with staff and residents.
• Willingness to work flexible day shifts.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Self-motivated

Team player

Conscientious

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Empathy

Strong work ethic

Positive attitude

Prioritisation

Organisation

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.