Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, committed to creating meaningful experiences for residents and team members alike. The company operates over 100 homes and believes the later years of life should be as enriching as any other. Avery is seeking a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join their award-winning team as a Laundry Assistant.
Main duties of the job
As a Laundry Assistant, you will support the Head Housekeeper in providing a high-quality laundering service to ensure a comprehensive care service is delivered to residents. This will involve carrying out all laundering duties, understanding wash guide instructions, practicing safe systems of work, and contributing to teamwork. The ideal candidate should demonstrate an understanding of laundering requirements, have experience in a similar setting, and possess a positive attitude towards residents.
Job responsibilities
Your focus as Laundry Assistant will be to support the Head Housekeeper in providing a laundering service in support of the hospitality services function, ensuring a high-quality and comprehensive care service is delivered to residents.
Other responsibilities will include:
* Carrying out all laundering duties.
* Understanding wash guide instructions, laundering requirements of a wide range of textiles and the properties of cleaning materials to ensure that all areas are well presented and maintained in good condition.
* Practicing safe systems of work across various tasks, particularly moving and handling loads, by assessing risk and considering personal safety and the safety of residents, visitors, and staff.
* Contributing fully to teamwork, responding positively to colleagues, and promptly acting on all reasonable work instructions.
About you
To be successful in your application, you must live our values of caring, support, honesty, respect, and accountability in all that you do.
Our ideal candidate must:
* Demonstrate understanding of the laundering requirements applicable to various textiles.
* Have experience working in a similar setting or a hotel.
* Have a positive attitude towards residents.
* Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of laundry services to residents.
Requirements
Please note this role will require:
* ADBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
* Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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