Job Summary
Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, committed to creating meaningful experiences for their residents and employees. As the Head Housekeeper, you will play a crucial role in maintaining high cleanliness standards and overseeing the housekeeping and laundry services to deliver exceptional care to the residents.
Responsibilities
As the Head Housekeeper, your primary focus will be to oversee the housekeeping and laundry cleaning service to ensure a high-quality and comprehensive care service is delivered to the residents. You will be responsible for carrying out cleaning duties, preparing orders for cleaning materials, monitoring the standards of work, and supervising and directing the housekeeping team.
* Carrying out all cleaning duties as per the housekeeping job description.
* Preparing orders for Home Manager approval for all cleaning materials with approved suppliers whilst complying with procedures to maintain appropriate stock levels and control and ensuring good quality products are purchased within agreed budget limits.
* Monitoring standards of work of the housekeeping and laundry team to always maintain high cleanliness standards.
* Supervising and directing the work of the housekeeping team, providing instruction and demonstration to new staff on cleaning tasks and materials.
About the Role
Your focus as Head Housekeeper will be to oversee the housekeeping and laundry cleaning service in support of the hospitality services function to ensure a high‑quality and comprehensive care service is delivered to residents.
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:
* Experience in cleaning and managing laundry in a public setting.
* Knowledge of health and safety, including moving and handling techniques, fire safety, and COSHH assessments.
* Demonstrated compassion and commitment to the delivery of high‑quality housekeeping/laundry service to residents.
* Ability to lead, supervise and develop teams.
About Avery
At Avery, we are not just one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, we are a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.
Additional Requirements
* A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
* Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
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