Care Home Laundry Assistant - Part Time

Prime Life; Bitteswell with Bittesby; On-site; GBP 17,881,000 - 18,873,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free transport links

Fully funded DBS

Holiday Pay scheme

Refer a Friend scheme £250

Job summary

Prime Life is seeking a Laundry Assistant to support residents at Lutterworth Country House in Bitteswell near Lutterworth. The role is part-time (19.25 hrs per week) with free transport links for applicants from Leicester and an hourly pay band of £12.96–£13.32 depending on qualification.

You will handle residents’ personal clothing and household laundry, maintain high hygiene standards, and work under the Hotel Services/Care Home Management. Training is provided and DBS is fully funded.

Qualifications

• Genuine caring nature and desire to make a real difference for residents.
• Prior experience as Laundry Assistant is desirable but not essential as full training is provided.
• Residents live with age related conditions, life-limiting health conditions and physical disabilities requiring dignified support.
• Dementia experience would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Processing residents personal clothing and household laundry to a high standard within the laundry service.
• Ensuring items requiring thermal disinfection are processed correctly and infection control procedures are followed.
• Ironing/pressing personal clothing and household laundry to a high standard.
• Ensuring items of personal clothing and household linen are in good repair and flagging issues to the Manager.
• Maintaining all areas of the laundry, equipment and linen cupboards in a clean, hygienic condition.

Skills

Genuine caring nature

Patient

Understanding of dementia (beneficial)

Respectful

Job description

Prime Life is seeking a Laundry Assistant to support residents at Lutterworth Country House in Bitteswell near Lutterworth. The role is part-time (19.25 hrs per week) with free transport links for applicants from Leicester and an hourly pay band of £12.96–£13.32 depending on qualification.

You will handle residents’ personal clothing and household laundry, maintain high hygiene standards, and work under the Hotel Services/Care Home Management. Training is provided and DBS is fully funded.