Domestic Assistant - Abundant Grace

South Coast Nursing Homes Ltd; Seaford; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free uniform

DBS check

Pension

Career progression

Job summary

South Coast Nursing Homes in Seaford is seeking a Domestic Assistant to join Abundant Grace. This 24 hours per week role revolves around maintaining a high standard of cleanliness and safety for residents and staff.

You will clean resident rooms, manage communal areas, launder and iron laundry, and help keep the home tidy and well organised. The role offers on-site work with training and development opportunities within a caring, inclusive employer.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering domestic cleaning in a care setting.
• Ability to maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene.
• Comfort with handling laundry and ironing tasks.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene throughout the home at all times.
• Clean residents’ rooms thoroughly each day after nursing staff have completed care.
• Clean communal areas including mopping, vacuuming, and dusting.
• Help keep storage areas tidy and safe; remove clutter as needed.
• Shampoo carpets as required and manage resident laundry with care.

Skills

Cleaning

Job description

South Coast Nursing Homes is a family-owned provider of care across East and West Sussex. Each of the 9 registered homes offers the highest standards of resident care and comfort, 24 hours – day and night.

Here at South Coast Nursing Homes, just as we provide excellent care to our residents, we cultivate an environment for personal and career growth within our own company too. We are growing and we are always on the lookout for the best talent across the care sector. If you’re passionate about care, hungry to deliver and want to be part of a flourishing company – we want to hear from you!

An opportunity has arisen within the South Coast Nursing Homes group for a Domestic Assistant at Abundant Grace in Seaford.

Hours: 24 hrs per week average

Wk 1 - Wed and Sun 8-4

Wk 2 - Tues, Wed, Sat, Sun 8-4

The purpose of this role is to keep the home clean and safe, providing a superior
service to our residents

• To provide a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene throughout the
  home at all times.
• To clean residents’ rooms thoroughly each day after nursing staff have
  completed their patient care. To check flowers and plants and
  water/dispose of as necessary.
• To clean communal area’s including mopping, vacuuming, dusting
• Ensuring the home is safe e.g removing clutter, keeping storage area’s tidy
• Shampoo carpets as and when needed.
• To present and provide clean and ironed laundry at all times, available for clients as needed
• To take particular care with resident’s personal laundry, to prevent accidental damage and present in well ironed state.
• To check resident’s personal laundry for tears, broken zips or lost buttons and refer to matron for discussion if a repair if necessary

Package:

• Hourly rate £12.76 Weekdays - £13.40 Weekends
• Access to your pay as you earn it
• Free uniform & DBS
• Pension and 24hr Employee Assistance
• Industry leading training and development coupled with career progression
• Refer a friend incentive

Here at South Coast Nursing Homes, we value diversity and are committed to a culture of inclusivity, respect, and equality.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or socio-economic background.

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