Head Housekeeper

Anchor Hanover Group; Corby; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Anchor Hanover Group is recruiting a cleaner to join our team across residential locations in the Corby area. Responsibilities include keeping both individual homes and communal areas clean, safe and pleasant for residents, and ensuring cleaning products are used correctly with health and safety procedures followed.

The role requires previous cleaning experience, knowledge of safety practices such as COSHH, and the ability to work well independently or as part of a team.

Qualifications

• Previous cleaning experience is desirable.
• Safe use of cleaning products.
• Knowledge of cleaning procedures and equipment including carpet cleaners.
• Understanding of data protection and safeguarding of vulnerable adults.
• Health & safety in the workplace including COSHH.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that the location is clean, pleasant and safe for customers in either their home environment or communal areas.
• Ensuring that cleaning products are used effectively, with instructions and health and safety procedures being followed at all times.

Skills

Cleaning experience

COSHH knowledge

Health & safety

Data protection

Empathy & interpersonal

Time management

Teamwork

Tools

Carpet cleaners

Cleaning products handling

Job description

Reporting into the Home Manager responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring that the location is clean, pleasant and safe for customers in either their home environment or communal areas.
• Ensuring that cleaning products are used effectively, with instructions and health and safety procedures being followed at all times.

Desired knowledge & experience:

• Previous cleaning experience and knowledge is desirable.
• Use of cleaning products in a safe manner.
• Knowledge of cleaning procedures including use of equipment e.g. carpet cleaners.
• Understanding of data protection and confidentiality and the safeguarding of vulnerable adults.
• Health & safety in the workplace including Control of Substances Harmful to Health (COSHH).

Desired:

• Well organized with good time management skills.
• Strong interpersonal and empathy skills and a friendly personality.
• Able to work individually and as part of a team.
• Ability to prioritise and plan around customer needs.

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to have an LGBT+ resident group, and also BAME, LGBT+ and Disabled colleague networks. These work closely with the organisation to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We recruit, train and promote without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, colour, sex or gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or other protected status. One of our values is ‘respect’, therefore we do not accept harassment or discrimination from any colleague, resident or third party.

Please note all applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK

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