Housekeeper

The Orders of St John Care Trust; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an established not-for-profit care provider as a Housekeeper, where your role is crucial in creating a clean and welcoming environment for residents. You'll be part of a dedicated team that values warmth and kindness, ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness in our care home. With comprehensive training provided, you'll have the opportunity to excel in your new career while enjoying a range of benefits including competitive pay, holiday entitlement, and a supportive workplace culture. If you take pride in your work and love helping others, this is the perfect opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

Benefits

28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)

Higher rates of pay at weekends

Workplace pension

Free uniform

Free DBS

Employee Assistance Programme

Refer a Friend scheme

Blue Light Card discounts

My Rewards programme discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in a housekeeping role is a plus.
• Comfortable working in an elderly care setting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness and hygiene in living spaces.
• Support residents with simple cleaning and laundry tasks.

Skills

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Attention to Detail

Education

No formal education required

Job description

Housekeeper

Location: Goodson Lodge, Trowbridge

Pay rate: £12.00 per hour, plus weekend and NVQ enhancements available

Contracted hours: Bank

ABOUT OUR ROLE

Our Housekeepers play a vital role in maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness in our homes, ensuring that every room and living space is clean, tidy, and maintained at all times. A champion for hygiene and infection control within the home, you’ll have access to specialised equipment and materials to ensure you can create a welcoming, safe, and comfortable environment for residents, as well as their friends and families. Some of our residents love to join in with simple cleaning and laundry tasks, so you may sometimes find that you have extra help as you carry out your daily routines.

In joining us, you’ll also become part of our extended family. You’ll work alongside other team members who are passionate about providing a safe environment, as well as warmth and kindness to all those who live and work in our homes.

Goodson Lodge is situated in the historic county town of Trowbridge. This purpose-built care home has been created with our residents in mind. The home provides 24-hour specialist person-centred dementia care, residential care, and respite care.

AND IN RETURN

The Trust is a great place to work; we’ve been providing care for almost 1,000 years and we’re currently the second largest not-for-profit provider in the UK. Not-for-profit means that we reinvest every penny we make into our residents, colleagues, and the care homes we live and work in. Therefore, we offer a great range of benefits, including a competitive salary, training, and development.

Here are some of the other benefits you’ll enjoy as a valued member of our team:

• 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Higher rates of pay at weekends
• A workplace pension
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Refer a Friend scheme rewarding you up to £1000 for every recommendation you make who successfully starts working for us
• Blue Light Card and “My Rewards” programme, offering you discounts on shopping, days out, restaurants, and much more

ABOUT YOU

You’ll be comfortable in an elderly care setting, with the ability to relate to our residents in a caring and sensitive manner.

If you’ve worked in a housekeeping role before, then that’s great as you’ll have a good idea of what to expect. But if housekeeping as a profession is new to you, then don’t worry – we’ll provide all the training you need to start your new career with us. What’s more important to us is that you take pride in your work, you’re good at communicating with people, you enjoy working as part of a team, you’ll be keen to learn, and will want to excel at your job every day.

If you think you have the right skills and attitude to deliver the highest quality of care for our residents as a Housekeeper within our care homes, then you could be the next to join us. So, apply and get your career started with us today.

We reserve the right to close this role before the closing date, with no advance notice. We do encourage you to complete an application as soon as possible if interested.