Housekeeper

Akari-Care; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3% Pension contribution

28 days annual leave (FT)

Uniform provided

DBS check costs paid

Fully funded training and development

Personal development plans

Job summary

Akari Care is seeking a dedicated Housekeeper and Team Leader to join one of our award-winning homes in the United Kingdom. The role covers 38.5 hours per week over five days, including alternate weekends, and focuses on maintaining high cleanliness and hygiene in residents' rooms and communal areas.

You will coach domestic and laundry teams, ensure proper staff rostering, and drive continual improvements to deliver personalised care with dignity and respect for residents.

Qualifications

• Experience in similar environment (elderly care or care homes).
• Housekeeper/Team leader experience required.

Responsibilities

• Lead domestic and laundry teams to maintain high cleanliness and hygiene standards.
• Manage staff rostering to ensure adequate resource and resident care.
• Promote continual improvement of standards and a clean, healthy environment.

Skills

Housekeeping

Team leadership

Caring attitude

Flexibility

Problem solving

Resilience

Job description

** 38.5 Hours per week - over 5 days including alternate weekends - Housekeeper/Team leader experience required. **If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve.

We now seek a Housekeeper who is passionate about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people.

Through support, training, and coaching of your domestic and laundry teams, you will assume responsibility for maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in our residents’ rooms and in all communal areas. You will ensure that the correct staff resource is always available through accurate staff rostering, prioritising resident care at all times which actively promotes continual improvement of standards in all areas. This approach should reinforce the provision of a clean and healthy environment in which our residents are valued, respected, and retain their individualism and dignity. You will continually assess the domestic needs of all residents and, through the adherence to all policies and procedures ensure that delivery to the highest standards, through your teams, makes a true difference to each of our residents which contributes to the ongoing fulfilment of their lives.

By showing us you can match our values with the right desire for personalised excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require.

What we require from you:

• Experience of working within similar environment
• Housekeeper/Team leader experience required.
• A caring nature with ability to give everyone a personal approach.
• Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice.
• Strong work ethic with solution-based approach to problem solving.
• Work well under pressure without negative impact to those around you.
• Warm, approachable, and engaging persona
• Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated.
• Resilient and adaptable to differing needs of colleagues and residents

What is in it for you:

• Pension contribution of 3%
• Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes.
• Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid.
• 28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)
• Fully funded training and development
• Support with personal development plans.
• The opportunity to gain experience and develop both personally and professionally.
• An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included.

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