Overview
Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, offering exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for residents and team members and are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated Head Housekeeper to join their award-winning team.
Main duties
Your focus as Head Housekeeper will be to oversee the housekeeping and laundry cleaning service to ensure a high-quality and comprehensive care service is delivered to residents. Responsibilities include carrying out cleaning duties, preparing orders for cleaning materials, monitoring standards of work, and supervising and directing the housekeeping team.
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, maintaining stock levels and ensuring quality within budget.
* Monitoring standards of work of the housekeeping and laundry team to maintain high cleanliness standards.
* Supervising and directing the work of the housekeeping team, providing instruction and demonstrations 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. Other responsibilities include the items listed above.
About Avery
At Avery, we are not just one of the UKs largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we are a place where people love to work. With a vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.
What you will need
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 delivering high-quality housekeeping/laundry service to residents.
* Ability to lead, supervise, and develop teams.
About the role details
Please note this role will require:
* A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
* Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
Additional information
This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.
Disclosures
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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