Part Time Domestic Assistant

Working for Essex; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Essex County Council in Chelmsford is looking for a Part Time Domestic Assistant at Bridgemarsh residential home. You will clean laundry, communal areas, bedrooms, and kitchens, ensuring high standards of cleanliness and food hygiene for adults, with duties split across laundry, kitchen and cleaning tasks.

The role includes shifts 1pm–6pm, 28 hours per week, every other weekend, pro rata salary around £20,823, and a 6% additional allowance; training and safeguarding procedures apply.

Qualifications

• Educated to RQF level 2 (GCSE) or equivalent by experience.
• Health and Safety experience and relevant qualifications in moving and handling.
• First Aid qualification, training, and experience.
• Knowledge of basic food hygiene.
• High standards of cleanliness.
• Experience in residential care settings.
• Able to work on own initiative with a flexible attitude.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring all laundry duties are undertaken efficiently and in a timely way.
• Contribute to kitchen efficiency by utilising equipment to ensure cleanliness of kitchen tools, crockery and pans are maintained to a high standard on a regular basis.
• Undertakes kitchen and dining room duties which may incorporate basic food preparation to ensure hygiene and cleanliness maintained.
• To undertake the full range of cleaning tasks, including toilets, the cleaning of Window’s, polishing etc, including periodic special and spring cleaning paying special attention to and sterilising equipment regularly used by babies/children including soft play.
• Ensure replenishment of hand towels, toilet rolls, soap etc throughout the building.
• To monitor supplies of cleaning materials and notify the manager when stock needs ordering.
• To be responsible for the loading and unloading of the dishwashers.
• Have specific individual and shared targets and objectives as defined annually within the performance management framework.
• Have a role in monitoring health and safety in the workplace.
• To work in line with the Essex Family Centre Service Practice Guide for Information Governance (2006)
• To work in line with Safeguarding Procedures, ensuring concerns are reported.
• To attend meetings/Supervision as required.
• The duties of the post may vary to meet the changing needs of the Family Centre
• Any other duties compatible with the post held, which may be reasonably required from time to time.

Skills

Health and Safety

First Aid

Food Hygiene

Cleanliness

Teamwork

Initiative

Flexible attitude

Education

GCSE or equivalent

Job description

Part Time Domestic Assistant

Permanent, Part Time

£27,516 per annum, Full Time Equivalent including additional allowance

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Fixed-base worker

Closing Date: Thursday 8th October 2026 at 11.59pm

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The Opportunity

Please note that this is a part-time opportunity working 28 hours per week with a pro rata salary of £20,823 per annum including a 6% additional allowance.

The hours will be split into shifts, preferably from 1pm to 6pm, and will include working every other weekend.

Work location is Bridgemarsh, Main Road, Broomfield, Chelmsford CM1 7AJ.

Domestic Assistants will contribute to the maintenance and cleaning of laundry, communal areas, bedrooms, and kitchens within Bridgemarsh residential home, to ensure cleanliness and high standards of food hygiene for adults.

Utilising existing skills and experience in effective laundry management to maintain cleanliness in individual and communal rooms, together with some kitchen experience will be an important element in undertaking this role effectively.

Accountabilities

• Responsible for ensuring all laundry duties are undertaken efficiently and in a timely way.


• Contribute to kitchen efficiency by utilising equipment to ensure cleanliness of kitchen tools, crockery and pans are maintained to a high standard on a regular basis.


• Undertakes kitchen and dining room duties which may incorporate basic food preparation to ensure hygiene and cleanliness maintained.


• To undertake the full range of cleaning tasks, including toilets, the cleaning of Window’s, polishing etc, including periodic special and spring cleaning paying special attention to and sterilising equipment regularly used by babies/children including soft play.


• Ensure replenishment of hand towels, toilet rolls, soap etc throughout the building.


• To monitor supplies of cleaning materials and notify the manager when stock needs ordering.


• To be responsible for the loading and unloading of the dishwashers.


• Have specific individual and shared targets and objectives as defined annually within the performance management framework.


• Have a role in monitoring health and safety in the workplace.


• To work in line with the Essex Family Centre Service Practice Guide for Information Governance (2006)


• To work in line with Safeguarding Procedures, ensuring concerns are reported.


• To attend meetings/Supervision as required.


• The duties of the post may vary to meet the changing needs of the Family Centre


• Any other duties compatible with the post held, which may be reasonably required from time to time.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Educated to RQF level 2 (GCSE) or equivalent by experience.


• Evidence of Health and Safety experience and any relevant qualifications and evidence of training incorporating moving and handling of objects.


• Evidence of a First Aid qualification, training, and experience.


• Knowledge and experience of basic food hygiene.


• High standards of cleanliness.


• Understanding of working in a setting for young people who are receiving a period of residential care.


• Ability and experience of working on own initiative and a flexible attitude.


• Friendly demeanour, empathetic towards others.

Why Essex?

As one of the largest and most dynamic UK local authorities, Essex offers a stimulating public service environment. Covering over 1,420 square miles and serving 1.8 million residents, we’re committed to transformational change and delivering better quality at lower cost. Recognised in the top three of the latest IMPOWER index for productivity, we ensure everyone matters in Everyone's Essex. With flexible working options and a focus on innovation, whether you are looking to develop your career or contribute to the local community, Essex is the ideal place for you.

In March 2026, Greater Essex was accepted on to the devolution priority programme, where we will work towards establishing a Mayoral Combined County Authority. You can read more about these changes, and what this may mean for this role, on our careers site.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process. We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

Once you’ve secured your role within Essex County Council you will receive many great employee benefits, including support for unpaid carers and flexible working arrangements to accommodate their needs.

At Essex County Council, we value integrity and ethical behaviour. We kindly ask that you embrace our code of conduct and the Nolan principles, including throughout the recruitment process. Your commitment to these standards helps us maintain a positive and respectful workplace for everyone.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

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