This role as a Housekeeping Assistant at Avery Healthcare's care home in Beaconsfield offers an excellent opportunity to work in a supportive and rewarding environment. You will be responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness and laundry within the home, while treating residents with dignity and respect.
Main duties of the job
As a Housekeeping Assistant, your primary focus will be to work as part of a team to ensure all standards of cleanliness and laundry are maintained in the home. You will operate according to the care home's standard operating procedures, maintaining hotel service standards. Other responsibilities will include carrying out cleaning duties, understanding the cleaning requirements of different surfaces and coverings, and respecting residents' personal space and belongings.
About us
Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are committed to creating meaningful experiences for both residents and employees, offering a supportive and inspiring environment where staff feel valued and empowered. Avery has a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together' and proudly offers exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes.
Job responsibilities
Your focus as a Housekeeping Assistant will be to work as part of a team, ensuring that all standards of cleanliness and laundry are maintained in the home. You will operate according to our standard operating procedures for housekeeping and laundry, ensuring that hotel service standards are maintained.
Other responsibilities will include:
* Carrying out all cleaning duties in accordance with worksheet instructions.
* Understanding the cleaning requirements of different surfaces and coverings and the properties of cleaning materials, ensuring that all areas are well presented and maintained in good condition.
* Ensuring that all residents are treated with dignity and respect and that their personal space and belongings are always respected.
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 candidate must have:
* Knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments.
* Experience of cleaning laundry in a public setting.
* Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of high-quality housekeeping/laundry service to residents.
* The ability to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.
Additional 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.
Person Specification
To be successful in this role, you will need knowledge of health and safety, particularly moving and handling techniques, fire safety, and COSHH assessments. Experience of cleaning laundry in a public setting is also required, as well as demonstrating compassion and commitment to delivering high-quality housekeeping and laundry services to residents. The ability to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice is also essential.
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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