Housekeeper (Part Time) (Temporary) - REN12742

Renfrewshire Council; Renfrew; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading council in Renfrewshire is seeking a temporary Housekeeper for the Renfrew Care Home. The role involves providing a high-quality service across catering, cleaning, and laundry tasks, ensuring hygiene standards are met. With part-time hours, candidates should possess essential organizational and communication skills, as well as relevant qualifications.

Qualifications

• Experience in catering, cleaning, and laundry services is essential.
• High awareness of current hygiene practices required.
• Ability to work as part of a team is needed.

Responsibilities

• Carry out tasks relating to catering, cleaning, and laundry services.
• Maintain the dignity and confidentiality of clients.
• Ensure all areas are maintained to the required standard.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

SVQ in Catering

SVQ in Cleaning

Elementary food hygiene certificate

Job description

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Cluster 6 - HSCP - Care Homes throughout Renfrewshire

You will provide a consistent high-quality service in all areas allocated to you within the care home environment to ensure that the environment meets the requirements of the service specification and expectations of clients and staff alike.

Key tasks for which you will be responsible include; carrying out tasks relating to catering, cleaning and laundry services; ensuring that the clients' dignity and confidentiality are maintained at all times; working within all areas of the care home environment or Facilities Management Soft Services as instructed by the Assistant Facilities Housekeeper or other appropriate manager; and ensuring that all areas used by clients and care staff are maintained to the required standard on a consistent and timely basis.

It is essential that you have experience working within catering, cleaning, and laundry services, and a high awareness of current hygiene practices. You must have organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work as part of a team.

An SVQ (or equivalent) in Catering, SVQ (or equivalent) in Cleaning, or elementary food hygiene certificate are desirable.

Please note that this post is temporary, subject to business needs and funding, for 12 months or until the requirement for the post ceases, whichever is earlier.

If successful, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure Scotland check; the level of check will be determined by the duties of the post. For more information about Disclosure Scotland checks, please visit www.disclosurescotland.co.uk.

Location: Renfrew Care Home

16-hour Housekeeper position working between 0800-1330, 3 days over 7.