Housekeeping Assistant - Bank

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Housekeeping Assistant to join their team in maintaining high cleanliness standards in a care home. This temporary role emphasizes compassion and respect for residents while ensuring that all cleaning and laundry tasks are executed to perfection. Ideal candidates will possess knowledge of health and safety protocols and demonstrate flexibility in their responsibilities. If you are passionate about providing high-quality service and making a difference in residents' lives, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques.
• Experience in cleaning laundry in a public setting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness and laundry standards in the care home.
• Ensure residents' personal spaces are respected and well presented.

Skills

Health and Safety knowledge

Compassion

Flexibility

Public setting laundry experience

Job description

This Housekeeping Assistant role at Avery Healthcare in Beckenham offers a temporary position with a salary of £12.25 per hour. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness and laundry in the care home, while treating residents with dignity and respect.

Main duties of the job

As a Housekeeping Assistant, you will work as part of a team to ensure that all cleaning and laundry standards are met, following the established procedures. This includes carrying out cleaning duties as per the instructions, understanding the requirements for different surfaces and materials, and ensuring the residents' personal spaces are respected. You should have knowledge of health and safety, experience in public setting laundry, and demonstrate compassion and commitment to delivering high-quality service.

Job responsibilities

Your focus as a Housekeeping Assistant will be to work as part of a team, ensuring that all standards of cleanliness and laundry are maintained in the home. You will operate according to our standard operating procedures for housekeeping and laundry, ensuring that hotel service standards are maintained.

Other responsibilities will include:

• 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 you

To succeed in your application, 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.
• 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.

Please note this role will require:

• A DBS 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 dependent on volume of applications received and business needs.