Housekeeper

Orders of St. John Care Trust; Witney; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free uniform

Free DBS

Employee Assistance Programme

Refer a Friend scheme up to £1000

Blue Light Card

Job summary

Orders of St. John Care Trust seeks a dedicated Housekeeper for Madley Park House in Witney. The role focuses on maintaining a clean, safe and comfortable environment for residents, with a weekend pay enhancement available. Bank contracted hours ensure flexible, supportive scheduling within a caring, family-like team.

You’ll join a not-for-profit trust investing profits back into residents and staff, receiving competitive pay, training and development, and access to a range of staff benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in housekeeping or cleaning in elderly care settings is preferred.
• Good communication with residents and colleagues is important.
• Able to work as part of a team and take pride in high standards of cleanliness.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of cleanliness in resident rooms and communal areas.
• Protect hygiene and infection control within the home.
• Assist with daily routines, laundry tasks and general caring tasks as needed.
• Contribute to a warm, welcoming and well-maintained living environment.

Skills

Cleaning

Communication

Teamwork

Job description

We're one of the largest not for profit care provider in the UK, specialising in providing high quality, person-centred care for older people, in care homes and extra care housing nationwide. At OSJCT we care about our residents and we care about each other. That means you'll enjoy great career development working for an expanding organisation. Because we're a not for profit trust, we invest every penny we make in the people who live in our homes and the people who work here too. This means better quality care and lovely homes for our residents, along with competitive wages and great training and development for our people. We provide outstanding care, working closely with leading experts on dementia and elderly care. And we're currently modernising our portfolio of care homes - refurbishing our existing homes and moving into new, inspiring, contemporary care homes too. As we expand nationwide, we need more people with the right mix of skills, passion and ambition to help us grow even more.

Madley Park House is a modern, warm and friendly home from home, offering round the clock residential care to 60 residents.

Location: Madley Park House, Witney, OX28 1AT

Pay Rate: £13.14 per hour (Weekend enhancement 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.

Madley Park House is a warm and welcoming 'home from home' offering round the clock residential, early-stage dementia and respite care with a range of amenities including a hair salon and residents' shop. Situated in a quiet location in the thriving market town of Witney, the home has strong links to the local community.

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:

• Higher rates of pay at weekends
• 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.

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.