Job Title: Housekeeping Assistant
Salary: £22,152 per annum
Team: Care, Soft Services
Hours: 35.5hrs per week (5 days per week across the 7 day week)
Location: Christopher’s, Guildford (Occasional cover at Shooting Star House, Hampton)
Shooting Star Children’s Hospices is a leading children’s hospice charity caring for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families, across west London and Surrey. In fact, the Care Quality Commission have rated our hospice in Guildford Outstanding.
Responsibilities:- Responsible for the day-to-day cleanliness of the hospice working under the guidance of the Soft Services Manager.
Work as a member of the housekeeping team liaising closely with staff and volunteers ensuring the ambience, hygiene, tidiness and presentation of the whole hospice is of a high quality and complies with all current legislation.
What we offer
Pension scheme
* NHS Pension Scheme (eligible employees)
* Stakeholder pension scheme
* Employee contribution 3.5%
* Shooting Star Children’s Hospices contribution 4.5%
* Additional contributions – we will pay 1% above the contribution up to a limit of 7%
Annual leave
* 35 days including Bank Holidays rising with length of service
* 2 weeks paid sabbatical leave after 5, 10 and 15 years’ service
Contractual benefits
* Generous sick pay scheme
* Enhanced maternity, adoption, and paternity leave pay
* Flexible working arrangements
* Death in service benefits
* Reimbursed professional membership fees
* Eye care
* Employee referral scheme
* Blue Light discount card
Health and wellbeing
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Occupational Health
* Mindfulness sessions
* Cycle to work scheme
* Mental Health First Aiders
* Nutritionally balanced meals at Christopher’s (free employees)
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Shooting Star Children’s Hospice is committed to inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that getting things right is critical for us to live our organisation’s values: Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence.
We are always trying to improve our way of working to be more inclusive and equal. Our vision is for Shooting Star Children’s Hospice to be a place where people of all backgrounds, groups and communities feel welcomed to work and volunteer.
Please contact cindy.harrison@shootingstar.org.uk if you have any questions about this role.
To apply please complete an application form outlining how your experience meets the criteria set out in the person specification.
Closing Date: 09/02/2025
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