The role of Laundry Assistant at Avery Healthcare involves supporting the Head Housekeeper in providing a high-quality laundering service to ensure the delivery of comprehensive care for residents. The successful candidate will demonstrate an understanding of laundry requirements, have relevant experience, and display a positive attitude, compassion, and commitment to the role.
Main duties of the job
As a Laundry Assistant, your key responsibilities will include carrying out all laundering duties, understanding wash guide instructions and textile requirements, practicing safe systems of work, and contributing to teamwork. You will be responsible for ensuring a well-presented and well-maintained laundry service that supports the overall care provided to 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.
Minimum 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.
Employer name
Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.
Address
Avery Healthcare
Acorn Lodge Care Home, 132 Coventry Rd, Nuneaton
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