Domestic Assistant

Exemplar Health Care Services Limited; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Hull is looking for a Domestic Assistant to maintain high cleanliness standards in their care home. Responsibilities include cleaning, laundry support, and promoting a positive environment. Candidates should be kind, attentive to detail, and willing to learn. The position offers competitive pay and various benefits, including career development opportunities.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Career prospects

Qualifications

• Kind, caring, and understanding.
• Passionate about high standards of cleanliness.
• Willingness to learn and adapt.

Responsibilities

• Carry out daily and weekly cleaning routines.
• Clean and tidy designated areas.
• Report breakages, damage, and hazards.

Skills

Attention to detail

Team player

Housekeeping skills

Communication skills

Positive attitude

Job description

Overview

Position: Domestic Assistant

Care home: St Andrew’s Court

Location: 2 Wheeler Street, Hull, HU3 5QE

Contract type: Full time, 36 hours per week - Must be flexible

Rate: £12.21

Care home CQC rating: Rated ‘Good’ by CQC

About Exemplar Health Care

St Andrew’s Court is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.

We support adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia and neuro-disabilities including brain injuries, Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

Our Domestic Assistants ensure that our home maintains high standards of cleanliness and hygiene.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• carrying out all daily and weekly cleaning routines, as well as ad-hoc duties
• cleaning and tidying designated areas around the home including bedrooms, lounges, kitchens, bathrooms and offices
• cleaning duties including dusting, mopping, polishing and vacuuming
• using equipment such as carpet cleaning machines
• supporting with washing and drying laundry, as required
• reporting breakages, damage, defects and hazards
• building trust and promoting choice, dignity and independence

You’ll put our people at the heart of everything you do – whether that’s hoovering our residents’ bedrooms or polishing their photo frames. We can guarantee that whatever you bring to the role, you’ll see great rewards.

If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy, and ongoing training programmes.

Download our job description to read more: https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/189451103/

About you

We value relevant experience but it isn’t essential for this role.

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’re also:

• kind, caring and understanding
• someone with a keen eye for detail
• an excellent team player
• passionate about high standards of cleanliness, with great housekeeping skills
• a positive person with a can-do attitude
• a great listener and communicator

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• access to wages before payday
• retail and lifestyle discounts
• free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.

How to apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, call us on 01977 630830 or email [e-mail].

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.