Job summary
This is a Housekeeping Assistant role at Avery Healthcare's Knowle Gate Care Home. The role involves maintaining high standards of cleanliness and laundry services within the care home, while treating residents with compassion and respect.
Main duties of the job
As a Housekeeping Assistant, you will work as part of a team to ensure that all standards of cleanliness and laundry are maintained in the care home. You will operate according to the company's standard operating procedures, maintaining hotel service standards. Key responsibilities include carrying out cleaning duties, understanding the cleaning requirements of different surfaces and coverings, and ensuring residents' personal space and belongings are respected. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of health and safety, experience in cleaning laundry in a public setting, and demonstrate compassion and commitment to delivering high-quality housekeeping and laundry services.
About us
Avery Healthcare is one of the largest providers of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. They believe in creating meaningful lives together for their residents, achieved through exceptional care and experience across their growing portfolio of over 100 care homes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Package Description:
At Avery Healthcare, we believe in caring for those who care for our recognise and celebrate our hard-working colleagues,supportingyour career development witha variety of apprenticeships, and provide you with access to a range of leisure and retail discounts.
Weare nowseekingacompassionate,enthusiastic,and dedicatedindividualto join ourfriendly, award-winning team asaHousekeeping Assistant.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Your focus as Housekeeping Assistant will be to work as part of a team, ensuring that all standards of cleanliness and laundry are maintained in the will operate according to our standard operating procedures for housekeeping and laundry, ensuring that hotel service standards are maintained.
Other responsibilitieswillinclude:
1. Carrying out all cleaning dutiesin accordance withworksheetinstructions.
2. Understanding the cleaning requirements of different surfaces and coverings and the properties of cleaning materials,ensuringthat all areas are well presented andmaintainedin good condition.
3. Ensuring that all residents are treated with dignity and respect and that their personal space and belongings are always respected.
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ABOUT YOU
To succeed in your application, you will live our values of caring,supportive,honest, respectful and accountable in all you do.
Our ideal candidatemusthave:
4. Knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments.
5. Experience of cleaning laundry in a public setting.
6. Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of high-quality housekeeping/laundry service to residents.
7. The ability to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.
ABOUT AVERY
As one of the largestproviders of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, we believe that the later years of our residents' lives should be as enriching as any other. Our vision of creating meaningful livestogether is achieved by the exceptional care and experience we proudly offer throughout our growing portfolio of over 100 care homes while establishing ourselves as the preferred choice forresidents and employees.
Please note this role will require:
8. ADBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
9. Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline dependant on volume of applications received and business needs. Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
10. Knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments, and experience of cleaning laundry in a public setting.