Head Housekeeper

Exemplar Health Care Group.; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Head Housekeeper to join a new care home team. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead cleaning operations in a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to supporting adults with various needs. You will be responsible for ensuring high cleaning standards and leading a team that prioritizes residents' comfort and dignity. With a focus on training and development, this position promises a rewarding career path in a supportive environment. If you are passionate about cleanliness and making a difference, this is the perfect opportunity to shine.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday with Wagestream

Regular supervision and peer support

Learning opportunities and career prospects

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications needed, but GCSEs may be useful.
• Supervisory experience in a similar role is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily and weekly cleaning routines with your team.
• Oversee cleaning of all areas including residents’ rooms.
• Promote choice, dignity, and independence among residents.

Skills

Leadership

Attention to Detail

Communication

Teamwork

Cleaning Standards

Education

GCSEs in English and Maths

Job description

Position: Head Housekeeper
Care home: Leger Grove
Location: Armthorpe Road, Intake, Doncaster, DN2 6AR
Contract type: Full time 40 Hours per week
Rate: £12.77 per hour

Do you take pride in your cleaning standards and attention to detail? As Head Housekeeper, you’ll ensure that our home is clean and welcoming for the people who live and work here.

Join us as our Head Housekeeper at Leger Grove care home in Doncaster.

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

Leger Grove care home is set to open in 2025, offering you a unique opportunity to be part of a brand-new team in a state-of-the-art, purpose-built home. This is your chance to truly make an impact!

About Exemplar Health Care

Leger Grove is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.

When open, Leger Grove will support adults living with acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia, and physical disabilities.

Although the home is set to open in [Month] 2025, you’ll begin a tailored induction one month prior. This will give you the opportunity to learn about the company, meet your colleagues, and complete your training, so you're fully prepared when the home officially opens.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop, and progress.

About the role

Our Head Housekeeper plays a key role in leading all the daily and weekly cleaning routines of their Housekeeping Team. No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

1. Carrying out cleaning schedules with your team, including dusting, mopping, polishing, and vacuuming.
2. Overseeing your team’s cleaning of all areas, including residents’ rooms, lounges, kitchens, bathrooms, and offices.
3. Building trust and promoting choice, dignity, and independence.

You’ll put our people at the heart of everything you do – whether that’s hoovering our residents’ bedrooms or polishing their photo frames. We can guarantee that whatever you bring to the role, you’ll see great rewards.

If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy, and ongoing training programmes.

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success, and teamwork. You’re also:

• kind, caring, and understanding
• a great leader, with the energy and enthusiasm to motivate your team
• someone with a keen eye for detail
• an excellent team player
• passionate about high standards of cleanliness, with outstanding housekeeping skills
• a positive person with a can-do attitude
• a great listener and communicator.

You don’t need any specific qualifications to apply for this role, but a good standard of education, such as GCSEs in English and Maths, may be useful. You’ll ideally also have supervisory experience in a similar role.

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities, and career prospects
• access to wages before payday with Wagestream
• retail and lifestyle discounts
• free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.

How to apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, call us on 01977 630830 or email [e-mail].

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Public transport to Leger Grove

The home's a short walk from several bus stops.

Armthorpe Road/Danesthorpe Close bus stop, which is accessed by buses 81 and 82.

Armthorpe Road/Wellcroft Close bus stop, which is accessed by buses 81, 82, and 482.

Westminster Crescent/Dorset Crescent bus stop, which is accessed by bus 466.

Furnhurst Road/Silver Jubilee Close bus stop, which is accessed by bus 65.

There's also a train station in the local area.

Doncaster - 3.7 miles away (12-minute drive or one-hour walk).