Laundry Assistant

NHS; Burley-in-Wharfedale, Ilkley; On-site; GBP 9,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Laundry Assistant, where you'll support the Head Housekeeper in delivering high-quality laundry services to residents. This role requires a positive attitude, understanding of textile laundering requirements, and dedication to exceptional care.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a similar setting or hotel required.
• Demonstrate understanding of laundry requirements for textiles.
• Commitment to delivering compassionate laundry services.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head Housekeeper in providing a laundering service.
• Carry out all laundering duties and understand wash guide instructions.
• Contribute fully to teamwork and practice safe systems of work.

Skills

Understanding of laundering requirements

Positive attitude

Compassion

Job description

This role as a Laundry Assistant at Avery Healthcare offers the opportunity to join a supportive, caring, and award-winning team. You will be responsible for providing a high-quality laundering service to ensure the residents receive exceptional care. The role requires understanding of textile requirements, a positive attitude, and a commitment to delivering excellent service.

Main duties of the job

As a Laundry Assistant, your focus will be to support the Head Housekeeper in providing a comprehensive laundering service. This will involve carrying out all laundering duties, understanding wash guide instructions, practicing safe systems of work, and contributing to teamwork. The role requires experience in a similar setting or hotel, a demonstration of laundering requirements, a positive attitude towards residents, and a compassionate approach to delivering laundry services.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team members, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes. Avery is a place where people love to work, with a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Shift Details: one part-time position (24 hours) and one full-time position (32 hours), from 8 AM to 4:30 PM.

At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and were here to celebrate and support you every step of the way.When you join us, youll be making a positive impact on residents lives every day your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. Were committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, youll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.Were now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Laundry Assistant. If this sounds like the place for you, wed love to hear from you!

Job description

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Shift Details: one part-time position (24 hours) and one full-time position (32 hours), from 8 AM to 4:30 PM.

At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and were here to celebrate and support you every step of the way.When you join us, youll be making a positive impact on residents lives every day your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. Were committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, youll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.Were now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Laundry Assistant. If this sounds like the place for you, wed love to hear from you!

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your focus as Laundry Assistant will be to supportthe Head Housekeeper in providing a laundering service insupport of the hospitality services function, ensuring a high-quality and comprehensive care service is delivered to residents.

Other responsibilitieswillinclude:

• Carryingout all laundering duties.
• Understandingwash guide instructions, laundering requirements of a wide range of textiles and the properties of cleaning materials to ensure that all areas are well presented and maintained in good condition.
• Practicing safe systems of work across various tasks, particularly moving and handling loads, by assessing risk and considering personal safety and the safety of residents, visitors, and staff.
• Contributing fully to teamwork, responding positively to colleagues, and promptly acting on all reasonable work instructions.

ABOUT YOU

To be successful in your application, you must live our values of caring, support,honesty, respect, and accountability in all that you do.

Our ideal candidate must:

• Demonstrateunderstanding of the laundering requirements applicable to various textiles.
• Have experience working in a similar setting or a hotel.
• Have a positive attitude towards residents.
• Demonstratecompassionandcommitment to the delivery of laundry services to residents.

ABOUT AVERY

At Avery, were not just one of the UKs largest providers of luxury elderly care homes were a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and were passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

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 depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications are required, but the ideal candidate should have experience working in a similar setting or hotel, demonstrate an understanding of laundering requirements, have a positive attitude towards residents, and show compassion and commitment to delivering laundry services.

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.