Overview
The Head Housekeeper role at Avery Healthcare involves overseeing the housekeeping and laundry cleaning service to ensure a high-quality and comprehensive care service is delivered to residents. The successful candidate will have experience in cleaning and managing laundry in a public setting, as well as knowledge of relevant health and safety practices.
Main duties / Responsibilities
* 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 us
Avery Healthcare is one of the UK\'s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are committed to creating meaningful lives together for their residents and employees, offering exceptional care and support across their growing network of over 100 homes.
About you / Qualifications
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, particularly moving and handling techniques, fire safety, and COSHH assessments.
* Demonstrated compassion and commitment to the delivery of high-quality housekeeping and 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 strive to create meaningful experiences for our residents and our team. With a vision of \"creating meaningful lives together,\" we offer exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes, fostering 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.
Please note this role may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.
Disclosure and safeguarding
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 (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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