Housekeeping Assistant - Care Home

Integrated Care System; Ashington; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider is looking for a Housekeeping Assistant to maintain a warm and welcoming environment at their care home in Ashington. In this role, you will perform essential cleaning tasks, ensuring the home is safe and tidy for residents, visitors, and staff. Attributes such as attention to detail, a caring nature, and good practical skills are vital, and comprehensive training will be provided. You will also have access to a competitive pay package with various benefits.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts and savings

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications are required for this role, but a caring nature, personable approach, and good practical skills are essential.
• Reliability and attention to detail are crucial for making a positive difference.

Responsibilities

• Carry out a variety of housekeeping and cleaning tasks to maintain a clean and safe environment.
• Clean and tidy communal areas, bedrooms, and bathrooms, ensuring proper storage of cleaning supplies.

Skills

Attention to detail

Caring nature

Good practical skills

Personable approach

Job description

As a Housekeeping Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to create a warm and homely environment that enables the team to meet each resident's unique needs. Keeping the home clean and safe is no small task, which is why the role of Housekeeping Assistant is so important. The variety of housekeeping and cleaning tasks you carry out will ensure everyone can enjoy a clean, tidy and welcoming environment, directly impacting the residents, their visitors, and all the staff working to support them.

Main duties of the job

The Housekeeping Assistant role involves a variety of cleaning and housekeeping tasks to maintain a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for the residents, their visitors, and the staff. This includes duties such as cleaning and tidying communal areas, bedrooms, and bathrooms, as well as ensuring the proper storage and handling of cleaning supplies. The Housekeeping Assistant should have a caring nature, good practical skills, and attention to detail to make a positive difference in the lives of the residents.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care homes in the UK. They are committed to creating a warm and supportive environment for their residents, and the Housekeeping Assistant role is crucial in achieving this. Barchester Healthcare offers competitive pay, comprehensive training, and a range of benefits to their employees.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Housekeeping Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to create a warm and homely environment that enables us to meet each resident's unique needs. Keeping the home clean and safe is no small task, which is why the role of Housekeeping Assistant is so important. The variety of housekeeping and cleaning tasks you carry out will ensure everyone can enjoy a clean, tidy and welcoming environment. This means you'll have a direct impact on our residents, their visitors and all the staff working to support them.

ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Housekeeping Assistant you'll need a caring nature, personable approach and good practical skills. Just as importantly, you should be reliable and keen to use your attention to detail to make a positive difference. In return we'll provide all the training you need to thrive.

REWARDS PACKAGEIn return for your dedication, you'll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including: Free training and development for all roles Access to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savings Unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend' bonus scheme Employee of the Month' rewards and Long Service Awards'

And so much more!

If you'd like to use your attention to detail and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications are required for this role, but a caring nature, personable approach, and good practical skills are essential. Barchester Healthcare will provide all the necessary training to help the Housekeeping Assistant thrive in their role.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.