Head Housekeeper

Athena Care Homes; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-run care home provider in England is seeking a Head Housekeeper to ensure high standards of cleanliness. The candidate will manage a team, oversee budgets, and ensure training is met. Strong communication skills and at least 2 years of relevant experience are essential. The role includes a comprehensive induction and offers a competitive salary along with holiday benefits. This position requires a passion for care and teamwork to maintain a welcoming environment for residents and visitors.

Benefits

Competitive salary

28 days of holiday per year

Free Blue Light Card

Refer a friend scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar position.
• Proven experience successfully managing a team, budgets and targets.
• Passion for care and putting the needs of residents first.

Responsibilities

• Manage overall housekeeping services.
• Support management in recruitment and training.
• Manage rotas, budgets, and reporting duties.
• Lead and inspire the housekeeping team.

Skills

Team management

Excellent communication

Customer service

Attention to detail

Job description

As a Head Housekeeper at Ashlynn Grange Care Home, you will be responsible for ensuring a high quality of cleanliness within the home.

About Ashlynn Grange Care Home:

Ashlynn Grange is an exceptional 153-bed care home in Peterborough. The home prides itself on the surrounding gardens that grow flowers and a variety of different vegetables.

The level of care at Ashlynn Grange is exceptional, and all staff love to keep residents entertained with a full programme of activities and live performances on our outdoor stage. Our newly refurbished café is available to our residents and their visitors, serving a variety of fresh tea, coffee and cakes daily.

About the role:

Leading our Housekeeping team, the Head Housekeeper is responsible for ensuring the highest service standards of cleaning to provide a clean, safe and welcoming environment for our residents and visitors.

Salary:

£12.87 per hour.

Shift Pattern:

37.5 hours per week, worked on a rota basis from Monday to Sunday.

Home Location:

Bretton Gate, Peterborough, PE3 9UZ.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage overall responsibility for support services within the home for laundry and domestic housekeeping.
• Support the management team in the recruitment, induction and training of the support service team; ensuring training targets are met and team is competent in their roles.
• Manage rotas, budgets, stocks and reporting duties for the Housekeeping department within the home.
• Support, lead, manage and inspire direct reports to deliver outstanding service for the home.

Training, Skills & Experience Required:

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar position, with proven experience successfully managing a team, budgets and targets.
• A passion for care – we’re looking for a genuinely caring individual who will put the needs of our residents first.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills, as well as high attention to detail.

What we can offer:

• Fully comprehensive induction.
• Competitive salary, plus enhancements on bank holidays.
• 28 days of holiday per year.
• Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform.
• Refer a friend scheme.

About Athena:

Athena Care Homes are a family run business with seven homes across East Anglia. We have care homes in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Kings Lynn (West Norfolk) & Ipswich (Suffolk).

We want to be the first choice for high quality residential, nursing and dementia care, leaving a positive legacy within our communities.

Our care homes are managed by amazing and passionate people, including strong leadership by our home managers with dedicated care, clinical, hospitality and activities teams to provide exceptional care and experience, achieving brilliant outcomes for people in our care.

We hold our values close to our hearts and ensure that team members throughout each of our residential and nursing homes understand them and what importance they hold. We approach everything we do with thought, and we deliver with passion.