Housekeeping Assistant - Care Home

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

Job summary

As a Housekeeping Assistant at a leading care home, you will ensure a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for residents. Your attention to detail and interpersonal skills will make a significant impact on the quality of life for those under our care. We offer training and a comprehensive rewards package.

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

• Caring nature and personable approach.
• Good practical skills for cleaning tasks.
• Reliable and detail-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Perform vacuuming, dusting, mopping, and cleaning communal areas.
• Maintain cleanliness of bedrooms and bathrooms.
• Ensure a warm and homely environment for residents.

Skills

Attention to detail

Reliability

People skills

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 vital task, and the role of Housekeeping Assistant is essential in ensuring everyone can enjoy a clean, tidy and welcoming environment.

Main duties of the job

The Housekeeping Assistant is responsible for a variety of housekeeping and cleaning tasks to maintain the cleanliness and tidiness of the care home. This includes duties such as vacuuming, dusting, mopping, and cleaning communal areas, bedrooms, and bathrooms. The role has a direct impact on the residents, their visitors, and all the staff working to support them.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care and support services in the UK. They operate over 200 care homes across the country, offering residential, nursing, dementia, and specialist care. Barchester is committed to providing a warm, welcoming, and safe environment for their residents.

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

• To join as a Housekeeping Assistant, you'll need a caring nature, personable approach, and good practical skills. Reliability and attention to detail are also important to make a positive difference in the 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.