housekeepers

SPRINGCARE LTD; Market Warsop; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 15,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Workplace pension scheme

Wage Stream App

Blue Light Card

Fully funded training

Job summary

Springcare is seeking a dedicated Housekeeping Assistant to join our care home team on a permanent part-time basis (24 hours per week). You will help create a clean, safe and comfortable environment for residents, with emphasis on cleanliness, infection control and laundry.

Typical duties include cleaning communal areas and bedrooms, laundry, assisting the kitchen team and maintaining supplies. Shifts run 8am–8pm, with morning, afternoon or long-day options; exact hours discussed at interview.

Qualifications

• Be friendly and approachable
• Experience in a similar role is not essential; full training provided
• Strong work ethic and attention to detail
• Good communication with staff and residents

Responsibilities

• General cleaning and tidying of communal areas and residents' bedrooms
• Hoovering, bathroom cleaning and deep cleans
• Laundry of residents' clothes, bedding and items
• Assisting the kitchen team and maintaining housekeeping products

Skills

Self-motivated

Team player

Conscientious

Communication skills

Positive attitude

Organised

Friendly & approachable

Job description

Here at Springcare, we have a wonderful opportunity for a dedicated and conscientious Housekeeping Assistant to be a part of our Springcare family working 24 hours per week, where you will have a passion for creating a beautiful environment for our residents., As a Housekeeper with Springcare, you would take pride in ensuring that all standards of cleanliness, infection control and laundry are carried out to a high standard.

Everyday can be different within a care environment, some of the daily activities that our housekeeping team carry out are:

• General cleaning and tidying of communal areas and our residents' bedrooms
• Hoovering, cleaning bathrooms and carrying out deep cleans.
• Laundry of resident's clothes, bedding and other items.
• Assisting the kitchen team
• Maintaining housekeeping products

Our housekeeping team generally work between the hours of 8am until 8pm, and could be a mix of morning, afternoon or a long day shift. Actual hours of work would be discussed during your interview.

Typical Shift patterns for a Day shift would be:

• 8am until 8pm
• 8am until 2pm
• 2pm until 8pm

We look for the following qualities:

• Being self-motivated, and a team player
• Being conscientious with their work and pay attention to details
• Communication skills - communicating with our staff members and engaging with residents, showing care and empathy
• Have a strong work ethic and a positive can-do attitude
• Ability to prioritise their work and be organised.
• Be friendly and approachable, Experience in a similar role is not essential; as we will support and provide you with full training.

Successful applicants would require two written references, a standard/enhanced DBS (depending on role) and evidence of a right to work in the UK check.

Springcare are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all of our staff are vetted, selected, trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective and compassionate care.

• Permanent full and part time day contracts - with access to our work placed pension scheme
• Early pay using Wage Stream App - you can withdraw up to 50% of your earnings in advance of your pay
• Access to Blue Light Card - where you can make savings across hundreds of national retailers
• Fully funded training for nationally recognised qualifications (level 2 through to 5) with internal career progression opportunities