Housekeeper

Ambient Support Limited; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading charity as a Housekeeper at The Chestnuts in Aylesbury, where you'll play a vital role in maintaining a welcoming environment for residents. Your responsibilities will include cleaning, meal preparation, and ensuring compliance with health regulations. Enjoy flexible working hours, competitive pay, and a supportive team culture.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

National Living Wage paid

Training and development opportunities

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Paid holiday (minimum 28 days)

Health Service Discounts membership

Employee Assistance Programme access

Qualifications

• Capability of undertaking manual handling tasks.
• Basic literacy and numeracy skills required.
• Understanding of Health & Safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure infection control is maintained.
• Clean and tidy assigned areas, including communal spaces.
• Assist in meal preparation and serving.

Skills

Manual handling

Literacy

Numeracy

Confidentiality awareness

Health & Safety awareness

Job description

Housekeeper

The Chestnuts

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

£11.44 per hour

28 Hours Per week

Do you want to make a positive difference to people’s lives, enabling them to gain greater independence and improve their well-being? If the answer is yes, read on!

Who are Ambient Support?

Ambient Support, a registered UK charity with over 25 years’ experience in providing care and support services for older people, people with a mental health needs and people with learning disabilities.

Our residential care home,The Chestnuts, is a community-based home for Older People in Aylesbury. We provide care and support to 64 residents, including up to 48 residents with specific dementia care needs. This is a welcoming home from home environment offering regular activities and organised events. The gardens atThe Chestnutsare attractive and fully wheelchair accessible for residents and visitors alike.

Our Housekeeper duties will consist of:

* Ensuring correct infection control is maintained

* Use, store and service all machinery, appliances and equipment as instructed by the Home Manager

* Responsible for making sure all assigned areas of the home are clean, tidy and neat, including communal areas as well as service user rooms/flats. This will include vacuuming, changing beds and cleaning bedrooms, bathrooms, toilets, and lounges, as well as other duties as directed

* To ensure that the cleaning and domestic services are responsive to the needs of the residents and do not infringe upon their privacy

* To assist in the preparation and serving of all meals and to ensure that the catering service is responsive to the needs of those receiving meals, (if required)

* To respect the confidential nature of personal information

* To use and store all cleaning materials and domestic supplies in accordance with COSHH regulations so that waste is minimised, materials and supplies can be accounted for, and accidents are avoided

Our Housekeeper needs:

* Capability of undertaking manual handling tasks as a core requirement

* Basic literacy & numeracy

* Ability to work flexibly, responding to the needs of the service, ensuring that the home has staff cover, 365 days of the year

* Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of the importance of confidentiality

* Demonstrate an understanding of Health & Safety regulations including COSHH and ow it relates to the nature of the post applied for

Becoming part of the Ambient family brings benefits too!

• Flexible working, enabling work-life balance.
• National Living Wage paid regardless of age, including under 25s.
• Training and development
• ‘Refer a Friend’ bonus scheme.
• Paid holiday with minimum of 28 days holiday, including BH (pro-rata for part time staff)
• Membership of Health Service Discounts scheme
• Free access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme

Do you want to take your first steps towards a new rewarding career? If the answer is yes, then we’d love to hear from you.

We positively welcome diversity of background, ethnicity, skills, talents, and contributions from everyone.

**We are committed to Safeguarding. An Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this post. References will be obtained for all roles.**REF – INDBH