As the Head of Housekeeping at a Barchester care home, you'll play a crucial role in creating a warm, homely environment that supports the delivery of quality care. You'll lead a team of housekeeping staff, ensuring every room and living space is maintained to the highest standards. This role demands excellent attention to detail, as well as the ability to motivate and inspire your team.
Main duties of the job
The Head of Housekeeping is responsible for leading a team of housekeeping staff to maintain the highest standards of cleanliness and presentation in the care home. This includes managing the team, ensuring all rooms and communal areas are cleaned to a high standard, and implementing effective housekeeping processes and procedures. The role requires strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills, as well as a commitment to delivering excellent customer service to residents, their families, and other staff members.
Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLE As a Head of Housekeeping at a Barchester care home, you'll help to create the warm and homely surroundings that are so important to delivering quality care and support. Leading a team of housekeeping staff, you'll ensure that every room and living space is maintained to the highest standards. The Head of Housekeeping role demands excellent attention to detail, but we'll also rely on you to motivate everyone in your team to be at their best. Put simply, you'll help to make your care home a shining example of a high quality care environment.
ABOUT YOU Experience of housekeeping in a care home, hospital or hotel environment will be very advantageous for the role of Head of Housekeeping. We'll also look for a proven ability to lead and inspire a team. A caring nature and good communication skills are important as you'll often come into contact with other members of staff, residents and their relatives.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Experience in a housekeeping role within a care home, hospital, or hotel environment is highly desirable. Strong leadership and communication skills, as well as a caring nature, are also important for this role.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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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