Laundry Assistant

Integrated Care System; Burley-in-Wharfedale, Ilkley; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a dedicated Laundry Assistant to join their team. The role involves supporting laundry services, ensuring a caring environment for residents. Ideal candidates are compassionate, with experience in similar settings. Opportunities for development and a positive work culture await.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar setting or hotel required.
• Must demonstrate understanding of laundering requirements for various textiles.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head Housekeeper in providing laundering services.
• Ensure high-quality laundry services, understanding wash guide instructions.

Skills

Understanding of laundering requirements

Positive attitude towards residents

Compassion

Job description

The Laundry Assistant role at Avery Healthcare is a crucial part of the organization's hospitality services, ensuring a high-quality and comprehensive care service is delivered to residents. The successful candidate will be responsible for carrying out all laundering duties, understanding wash guide instructions, and practicing safe systems of work to contribute to the close-knit, caring team at Avery.

Main duties of the job

As a Laundry Assistant, your focus will be to support the Head Housekeeper in providing a laundering service, ensuring a high-quality and comprehensive care service is delivered to residents. Other responsibilities will include carrying out all laundering duties, understanding wash guide instructions, laundering requirements of a wide range of textiles and the properties of cleaning materials, practicing safe systems of work, and contributing fully to teamwork.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with a vision of "creating meaningful lives together." They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team members, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes and building 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

• To be successful in this role, you must demonstrate an understanding of the laundering requirements applicable to various textiles, have experience working in a similar setting or a hotel, have a positive attitude towards residents, and show compassion and commitment to the delivery of laundry services to residents.

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.