Housekeeping Assistant

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Housekeeping Assistant in the East Midlands to maintain cleanliness and laundry standards in a care home. Candidates should have knowledge of Health and Safety and experience in cleaning. The ideal applicant is compassionate and flexible, committed to enhancing residents' quality of life.

Benefits

Opportunities to learn and develop

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments.
• Experience of cleaning laundry in a public setting.
• Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of high-quality housekeeping/laundry service.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of cleanliness and laundry in the care home.
• Work according to the company’s standard operating procedures.
• Ensure residents are treated with dignity and respect.

Skills

Knowledge of Health and Safety

Compassionate approach

Flexible and adaptive

Job description

Overview

The Housekeeping Assistant role at Avery Healthcare involves maintaining high standards of cleanliness and laundry in the care home, ensuring residents are treated with dignity and respect. The role requires knowledge of health and safety, experience in cleaning and laundry, and a compassionate and flexible approach.

Responsibilities

As a Housekeeping Assistant at Avery Healthcare, you will work as part of a team to maintain all standards of cleanliness and laundry in the home. You will operate according to the company’s standard operating procedures for housekeeping and laundry, maintaining hotel service standards. Other responsibilities include carrying out cleaning duties, understanding the cleaning requirements of different surfaces and coverings, and ensuring residents’ personal space and belongings are respected.

• Carrying out all cleaning duties in accordance with worksheet instructions.
• Understanding the cleaning requirements of different surfaces and coverings and the properties of cleaning materials, ensuring that all areas are well presented and maintained in good condition.
• Ensuring that all residents are treated with dignity and respect and that their personal space and belongings are always respected.

About the Role

To succeed, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful and accountable in all you do. Our ideal candidate must have knowledge of Health and Safety (particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments), experience of cleaning laundry in a public setting, and demonstrate compassion and commitment to delivering high-quality housekeeping/laundry service to residents. The ability to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

About Avery

At Avery, we are one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With a vision of creating meaningful lives together, we offer exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Additional Information

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We celebrate and support you every step of the way, and joining us means making a positive impact on residents’ lives every day. We offer opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career within a caring, supportive environment. We are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Housekeeping Assistant.

Please note this role will require:

• ADBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments.
• Experience of cleaning laundry in a public setting.
• Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of high-quality housekeeping/laundry service to residents.
• The ability to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

Disclosure and Safeguarding

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.