Laundry Assistant - Part Time Days 8.5 hours

Prime Life; Brough; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded DBS

Holiday Pay scheme

Refer a Friend scheme

Job summary

Prime Life in Brough is seeking a compassionate Laundry Assistant to support residents at Westerlands Care Village. The role involves handling personal clothing and household laundry with high standards, while maintaining infection control and a hygienic laundry area.

Training is provided, and candidates with dementia awareness are welcome. The position offers career progression opportunities and a supportive team environment within a caring home.

Qualifications

• Genuine caring nature and desire to make a difference for residents.
• Ability to follow infection control procedures and health & safety rules.
• Willingness to learn and participate in training provided.

Responsibilities

• Process residents' personal clothing and household laundry to a high standard.
• Ensure items are disinfected and infection control procedures are followed.
• Iron/press laundry items to a high standard and maintain linen in good condition.
• Report damaged items to manager and keep laundry areas clean and stocked.
• Remain professional and courteous with residents, colleagues, and visitors.
• Follow health & safety procedures and report risks to the Manager.
• Perform any other duties as required by the Manager.

Skills

Caring nature

Dementia awareness

Job description

Make a difference every day and give back to your community!

This role will be based atWesterlandsCare Village, in Brough. The home has been specially designed to cater tothe everyneed of 83 residents, living with a range of age-related conditions, physical disabilities and mental health conditions, and as such require dignified support from our caring team. Additionally, some of our residents live with Dementia. It is essential that candidates for this role are therefore patient, understanding and respectful of our resident’s individual abilities.

Benefits of becoming our Laundry Assistant:

In return for your commitment to ensuring a quality service provision for our residents, we can offer range of excellent benefits including;

• Excellent hourly pay ranging from £12.96to £13.32dependent upon qualification
• Opportunities to learn and progress with the support of our dedicated Quality Matters team
• Fully funded DBS
• Comprehensive Holiday Pay scheme that rewards you for your commitment to care
• Fantastic Refer a Friend scheme, offering up to £250 per successful candidate!

Responsibilities of our Laundry Assistant include:

• Processing residents personal clothing and household laundry to a high standard within the laundry service
• Ensuring that any items that require thermal disinfection are processed correctly and that infection control procedures are strictly adhered to
• Ensuring that all items of personal and household laundry are ironed/pressed to a high standard
• Ensuring that all items of personal clothing and household linen are in a good state of repair and to bring to the attention of the Hotel Services Manager/Care Home Manager when they are not
• Maintaining all areas of the laundry, equipment and linen cupboards in a clean, tidy and hygienic condition, ensuring stock levels are adequate
• Remaining professional and courteous at all times with residents, colleagues, external professionals, family members and visitors to the home
• Following any health & safety procedures required of you and to ensure that any health and safety risks are reported to the Manager immediately
• Any other reasonable duties, as requested by your Manager, to meet the changing needs of the business

What we’re looking for in our Laundry Assistant:

To be successful within this role, you will have a genuine caring nature and a desire to make a real difference for our residents. Though prior experience as a Laundry Assistant is desirable, this is not essential as full training is provided. Typically, our residents live with age related conditions, life-limiting health conditions and physical disabilities that require dignified support from our care team. It is essential that candidates for this role are therefore patient, understanding and respectful of our resident’s individual abilities. Additionally, many of our residents live with dementia and as such an understanding of dementia would be beneficial.