Domestic Assistant

Exemplar Health Care Group.; Stockport; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading care provider as a Domestic Assistant at Adswood Lodge in Stockport. You will ensure high standards of cleanliness and hygiene, contributing to a welcoming environment for residents and staff. This role offers training and career growth opportunities in a supportive team.

Benefits

Supervision and peer support

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in cleaning and housekeeping valued but not essential.
• Kind, caring, and understanding personality.
• Passionate about cleanliness.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out daily and weekly cleaning routines.
• Cleaning and tidying designated areas.
• Supporting with laundry duties as required.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Team player

Positive attitude

Good listener

Job description

Position: Domestic Assistant

Care home: Adswood Lodge

Location: Stockport, SK3 8HZ

Contract type: 35 hours per week, 5 days x 7 hours, including alternative weekends

Rate: £12.21 per hour, must be flexible with shift patterns

Do you take pride in your cleaning standards and attention to detail? As a Domestic Assistant, you’ll ensure that our home is clean and welcoming for the residents and staff.

As part of our Domestic Team, you’ll carry out daily and weekly cleaning routines, including dusting, mopping, polishing, and vacuuming.

You’ll clean all areas in the home, including bedrooms, lounges, kitchens, bathrooms, and offices.

This is an exciting opportunity to use your skills to make a real difference every day.

Join us as a Domestic Assistant at Adswood Lodge care home in Stockport.

About Exemplar Health Care

Adswood Lodge is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults with complex and high acuity needs.

We support adults with complex mental health needs and neuro disabilities, including Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease.

We’re a new home, opened in April 2023, which makes it an exciting time to join our growing team.

We offer stable employment, great benefits, development opportunities, and a supportive environment.

About the role

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

Your responsibilities will include:

1. Carrying out daily and weekly cleaning routines and ad-hoc duties
2. Cleaning and tidying designated areas, including bedrooms, lounges, kitchens, bathrooms, and offices
3. Performing cleaning tasks such as dusting, mopping, polishing, and vacuuming
4. Using equipment like carpet cleaning machines
5. Supporting with laundry duties as required
6. Reporting breakages, damage, defects, and hazards
7. Building trust and promoting choice, dignity, and independence

You’ll be hands-on, whether hoovering residents’ bedrooms or polishing photo frames. We value your contribution and offer rewards.

If you haven’t worked in care before, we’ll support you with induction, buddying, and ongoing training.

Relevant experience is valued but not essential.

We seek someone who aligns with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success, and teamwork.

You should be:

• Kind, caring, and understanding
• Detail-oriented
• Team player
• Passionate about cleanliness and housekeeping
• Positive with a can-do attitude
• A good listener and communicator

What we offer

Benefits include:

• Supervision, peer support, learning, and career growth
• Access to wages before payday
• Retail and lifestyle discounts
• Free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility

How to apply

If interested, click ‘APPLY NOW’ or contact us at 01977 630830 or [e-mail] for an informal chat.

Please note, applicants must be authorized to work in the UK; we cannot sponsor visas at this time.