Part time Laundry Assistant - Weekends

PrimeLife Ltd; Leicester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded DBS

Holiday Pay scheme

Refer a Friend scheme

Job summary

PrimeLife Ltd is seeking a Part-time Laundry Assistant to support Ashlands Care Home in Leicester. The role focuses on delivering high-quality laundry service for residents, with emphasis on dignity and respect for individuals living with ageing-related conditions and dementia.

Full training is provided. The role includes weekend shifts with competitive hourly pay and benefi ts such as DBS, holiday pay, and refer-a-friend bonus.

Qualifications

• Genuine caring nature and desire to make a difference for residents.
• Prior laundry experience is desirable but training is provided.
• Dementia awareness is beneficial for interacting with residents.

Responsibilities

• Process residents' personal and household laundry to a high standard.
• Follow infection control procedures and ensure items are thermally disinfected when required.
• Iron/press laundry to high standard and maintain linen in good repair.
• Keep laundry areas clean, organized and stock levels adequate.
• Remain professional and courteous with residents, staff, visitors, and external professionals.
• Report health and safety risks to the Hotel Services Manager immediately.
• Carry out any other duties as requested by the Manager.

Skills

Caring nature

Patient

Respectful

Job description

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

This role will be based at Ashlands Care Home in the heart of Leicester. The home has been specially designed to cater to the every need of 37 residents, living with a range of physical and mental health conditions related to ageing that require dignified support from our caring team. Additionally, many of our residents are living with the early and late stages of 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 Part time Laundry Assistant:

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

• Part time weekend shift -6 hours p/w with excellent hourly pay ranging from £12.96 rising to £13.32 dependent 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 Part time 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 Part time 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.

If you feel have the skills and experience to become our Part time Laundry Assistant we’ll ensure to be in touch!