Care Services Support Assistant (Casual)

Nightingale Hammerson; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 18.000 - 23.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Nightingale Hammerson in London is seeking a dedicated cleaner/household support to assist with daily living activities and to keep all areas clean and safe for residents. You will work as part of a care team on a rota, helping with meals, laundry, and maintaining hygiene standards.

You will interact with residents with empathy, support meaningful activities, and contribute to a clean, welcoming environment that upholds the home’s person-centred philosophy of care.

Formación

• Flexible to work on a rota basis.
• Experience with cleaning and housekeeping in care settings.
• Ability to interact with residents respecting their preferences.
• Willingness to support meals and activities.

Responsabilidades

• Work flexibly on a rota basis.
• Sweep, buff and wash floors and hard surfaces.
• Wash up dining equipment and utensils.
• Vacuum carpets.
• Deep clean residents’ rooms with infection control.
• Replenish towels and bed linen in residents’ rooms.
• Assist residents at mealtimes.
• Complete weekly water flushing audits and file safety audits.
• Support care team in meaningful engagement and activities.
• Assist in serving tea and refreshments to residents.
• Provide relief staff for one-to-one care.
• Transport residents to activities within Nightingale House.
• Replenish cleaning materials and order stock.
• Interact with residents to accommodate preferences.
• Support person-centred philosophy of care.
• Undertake other duties as required.

Conocimientos

Cleaning

Infection control

Mealtime assistance

Relationship Centred Care

Herramientas

Cleaning equipment

Descripción del empleo

Purpose of the Job:

To support the Households to provide person centred care by participating and contributing to daily activities of living based on resident’s physical, psychological or environmental needs. General activities including assisting with tasks involving residents. To participate in Relationship Centred Care through working in partnership with the care team to support were extra help is required across all the Households To undertake cleaning of all sanitary areas, clinical areas, bedrooms and en-suites, bathrooms, staircases and lobbies and other public areas, offices, communal areas, as allocated. To provide cleaning and domestic duties throughout Nightingale Hammerson and to fully contribute to the practice of providing person centred care to Nightingale’s Residents.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• 1. To work flexibly on a rota basis.
• 2. To undertake sweeping, buffing and washing of floors and hard surfaces.
• 3. To undertake washing-up of dining equipment and utensils on the Households.
• 4. To undertake the vacuuming and cleaning of carpets.
• 5. To deep clean residents’ rooms taking into account infection control measures.
• 6. To replenish towels, and bed linen in residents’ rooms.
• 7. To assist the residents at mealtimes as part of the meals matters campaign after training.
• 8. To ensure the weekly water flushing audits are completed in an efficient and prompt manner and filed in the health and safety audit file on the unit.
• 9. To support the care team in meaningful engagement and activities for residents as allocated.
• 10. To assist the Care Team in serving tea and refreshments to residents
• 11. To provide relief staff giving one-to-one care to residents
• 12. To assist in transporting residents to activities within Nightingale House
• 13. To be responsible for replenishing all cleaning materials on your section and ordering with the Manager when the stock is low.
• 14. To generally interact with residents as appropriate in order to accommodate the individual preferences and wishes of residents.
• 15. To assist and support care staff in providing person centred care to the residents of Nightingale and to assist in promoting the Home’s person centred philosophy of care.
• 16. To undertake any other duties, within the competence of the postholder, as may be required from time to time.