Domestic Assistant- Night shift

Caretech; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community services organization in Plymouth is seeking a Domestic Assistant for the night shift. The role involves general cleaning, maintaining hygiene, and assisting service users. Applicants should have experience in a domestic environment and be able to work flexibly. Competitive pay and an impressive benefits package are offered.

Benefits

Competitive rates of pay

Employee assistance helpline

Flexible holiday purchase scheme

Childcare vouchers

Stakeholder pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a Domestic and Housekeeping role or environment.
• Ability to assist service users with daily living skills.
• Knowledge of COSHH and personal hygiene.

Responsibilities

• General cleaning of units and working in the Laundry.
• Cleaning service users' rooms and communal areas.
• Washing, drying, ironing and folding clothing.

Skills

Knowledge of COSHH

Knowledge of Electrical cleaning equipment

Understanding and demonstration of personal hygiene

Good Basic Literacy skills

Good communication skills

Team worker

Able to use own initiative

Positive approach

Ability to assist service users with daily living skills

Ability to understand and maintain confidentiality

Experience in a Domestic and Housekeeping role

Ability to work weekends and flexibility

Job description

Overview

Role: Domestic Assistant - Night Shift

Location: Plymouth, Devon, UK, PL1 1

Shift: 23:00 - 07:00, 3 x Nights per Week, 22.5 hours per Week, Fixed 2 Week rota, every other Weekend.

Key Criteria and Skills

• Knowledge of COSHH
• Knowledge of Electrical cleaning equipment
• Understanding and demonstration of personal hygiene
• Good Basic Literacy skills
• Good communication skills
• Team worker
• Able to use own initiative
• Positive approach
• Ability to assist service users with daily living skills
• Ability to understand and maintain confidentiality in all aspects of the service
• Comfortable and confident to engage with service users, their families, carers and other professionals
• Experience in a Domestic and Housekeeping role or environment
• Ability to work weekends and flexibility to cover shifts at times to cover for periods of annual leave or sickness

General Duties and Responsibilities (not exhaustive)

• General cleaning of units across the service and working within the Laundry
• Cleaning service users' rooms and communal areas
• Mopping, sweeping, dusting, hoovering, carpet cleaning
• Washing, drying, ironing and folding clothing and bed linens and putting these into service user bedrooms
• Completion of documentation in relation to cleaning and occasional care related documentation if you have had significant interactions with service users
• Stocking up communal areas
• Receiving and storing away of Housekeeping deliveries

Benefits

We offer competitive rates of pay, along with an impressive benefits package including an employee assistance helpline, flexible additional holiday purchase scheme, childcare vouchers, stakeholder pension scheme and much more!

Health and Safety

As an employee of CareTech Community Services Ltd, the post holder has a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, to:

• Take reasonable care of the health and safety of themselves and all other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work.
• Co-operate with their employer to ensure compliance with Health and Safety legislation and the Health and Safety policies and procedures of the organisation.
• Not intentionally or recklessly interfere with, or misuse, anything provided in the interests of health, safety, or welfare, in pursuance of any of the relevant statutory provisions.

Data Protection

The post holder must at all times respect the confidentiality of information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act. This includes, if required to do so, obtain, process and/or use information held on a computer in a fair and lawful way, to hold data only for the specified registered purposes and to use or disclose data only to authorised persons or organisations as instructed.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as reasonably required. This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification.

Due to the nature of the role, we will pay for you to complete an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, prior to starting with us.

• Some of our roles require male or female employees only, where this is indicated it is a genuine occupational requirement, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
• CareTech Community Services are proud to advise that they are a Disability Confident Leader.