This is a Laundry Assistant role at Avery Healthcare, a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. The role involves supporting the Head Housekeeper in providing a high‑quality laundering service to ensure the delivery of exceptional care to residents. The successful candidate will have experience in a similar setting or hotel, demonstrate an understanding of various textile laundering requirements, and possess a positive attitude towards residents.
Main duties of the job
As a Laundry Assistant, your focus 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, practicing safe systems of work, and contributing to teamwork.
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 their residents and employees, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes. Avery Healthcare is a place where people love to work, with a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.
Job description
Package Description:
Shift Details: 10 am – 3 pm or 11 am – 4 pm
At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we’re here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you’ll be making a positive impact on residents’ lives every day. Your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We’re committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close‑knit team, you’ll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We’re now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award‑winning team as a Laundry Assistant. If this sounds like the place for you, we’d love to hear from you!
ABOUT THE ROLE
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 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.
ABOUT AVERY
At Avery, we’re not just one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. We’re a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we’re 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. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.
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.
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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