Housekeeper

The Orders of St John Care Trust; Wheatley; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Weekend pay rates

Pension scheme

Free uniform

Free DBS

Employee assistance programme

Refer a Friend bonus

Blue Light Card discounts

Job summary

The Orders of St John Care Trust is seeking a dedicated Housekeeper to join our Wheatley home. You will maintain high cleanliness standards, support laundry tasks, and help create a welcoming, safe environment for residents and visitors.

Training is provided, and you’ll work as part of a friendly team in a supportive care setting. This full-time role offers 40 hours per week at a pay rate of £13.14 per hour, reflecting weekend premiums and shift patterns, with benefits including staff welfare

Qualifications

• Experience in housekeeping preferred, training provided.
• Good communication and ability to work in a team.
• Willingness to learn and excel daily.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in residents' rooms.
• Assist with laundry tasks as needed.
• Provide a welcoming and safe environment for residents and visitors.

Job description

Housekeeper

Location: Wheatley, Oxfordshire, OX33 1ND

Pay rate: £13.14 Per Hour

Contracted hours: 40 Hours per week

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.

Wellford Gardens is our first luxury new build incorporating all-inclusive in the comfort of luxurious surroundings. It will include en-suite bedrooms, fresh air ventilation, acoustic monitoring, landscaped gardens, private dining, hair and beauty facilities, cinema, lounge and sun terrace. The home is located just off the A40 on Park Hill in Wheatley. Wellford Gardens is a three-storey home with 65 bedrooms, offering residents round-the-clock residential and dementia care. The home design includes innovative new technologies including E-care and providing person centred care with many personalised options.

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. Alongside keeping our colleagues safe withPPE and daily testing

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.

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