Housekeeping Assistant - Care Home

NHS; Exmouth; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Housekeeping Assistant, where you'll play a vital role in ensuring a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for residents. Your attentiveness and caring nature will help create a homely atmosphere, directly impacting residents' wellbeing.

Benefits

Free training and development for all roles

Access to wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts and savings

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• Caring nature and personable approach are essential.
• Good practical skills with attention to detail required.
• Reliability is a crucial quality for this role.

Responsibilities

• Carry out various housekeeping tasks to maintain cleanliness.
• Ensure a safe and welcoming environment for residents and staff.
• Directly impact the quality of care in the care home.

Skills

Attention to detail

Reliable

Practical skills

Caring nature

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 care home to meet each resident's unique needs. Keeping the home clean and safe is a crucial task, and the Housekeeping Assistant plays a vital role in ensuring everyone can enjoy a clean, tidy and welcoming environment.

Main duties of the job

The Housekeeping Assistant will carry out a variety of housekeeping and cleaning tasks to maintain a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for the residents, their visitors, and the staff. This role has a direct impact on the quality of care and the overall experience of those living and working in the care home.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, committed to delivering high-quality care and support to residents. The organisation operates over 200 care homes across the country, employing a dedicated team of professionals to ensure the best possible outcomes for those in their care.

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.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• To join as a Housekeeping Assistant, you'll need a caring nature, personable approach, and good practical skills. Attention to detail and reliability are also important qualities for this 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.