As a Housekeeping Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to create a warm and homely environment that enables the care home to meet each resident's unique needs. Keeping the home clean and safe is a crucial task, and the Housekeeping Assistant plays a vital role in ensuring everyone can enjoy a clean, tidy, and welcoming environment.
Main duties of the job
The Housekeeping Assistant is responsible for a variety of housekeeping and cleaning tasks to maintain a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for the care home's residents, visitors, and staff. This includes duties such as vacuuming, dusting, mopping, and sanitizing communal areas, residents' rooms, and other spaces. The Housekeeping Assistant must have a caring nature, good practical skills, and attention to detail to make a positive difference in the lives of the residents.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, offering high-quality residential, nursing, and dementia care services. The company is committed to creating a warm, homely, and supportive environment for its residents, and the Housekeeping Assistant plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.
Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Housekeeping Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to create a warm and homely environment that enables us to meet each resident's unique needs. Keeping the home clean and safe is no small task, which is why the role of Housekeeping Assistant is so important. The variety of housekeeping and cleaning tasks you carry out will ensure everyone can enjoy a clean, tidy, and welcoming environment. This means you'll have a direct impact on our residents, their visitors, and all the staff working to support them.
ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Housekeeping Assistant you'll need a caring nature, personable approach, and good practical skills. Just as importantly, you should be reliable and keen to use your attention to detail to make a positive difference. In return, we'll provide all the training you need to thrive.
REWARDS PACKAGEIn return for your dedication, you'll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package, including: free training and development for all roles, access to wellbeing and support tools, a range of retail discounts and savings, unlimited referrals with our 'Refer a Friend' bonus scheme, 'Employee of the Month' rewards, and Long Service Awards.
And so much more!
If you'd like to use your attention to detail and people skills in an organization that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* No specific qualifications are required, but the Housekeeping Assistant must have a caring nature, personable approach, and good practical skills. They should also be reliable and keen to use their attention to detail to make a positive difference.
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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