We are looking for a dedicated and detail-oriented Senior Housekeeper to lead and deliver a high-quality cleaning and laundry service within our care home. The role is essential in maintaining a clean, safe, and hygienic environment for residents, staff, and visitors at all times. The successful candidate will oversee all aspects of housekeeping and laundry operations, ensuring that services meet the highest standards of cleanliness, infection control, and resident satisfaction. This includes supervising a team of Housekeepers, ensuring tasks are carried out efficiently and in line with the Foundation’s policies, procedures, and health and safety regulations. The Senior Housekeeper will also play a key role in creating and maintaining a positive team culture that reflects the values of the care home, supporting a collaborative, respectful, and resident-focused working environment. The Company Our three Homes: The Whitgift Almshouses, Whitgift House and Wilhelmina House, are happy, thriving and secure communities where staff are on hand 24 hours a day to provide the highest standards of care. Within Whitgift Care, we like to call ourselves a family where our core values of respect, dignity and privacy are our priority. We are proud to be part of the John Whitgift Foundation, a local charity in Croydon, whose mission is to provide education for the young and care for the elderly since its establishment by our Founder, Archbishop John Whitgift, in 1596. John Whitgift Foundation is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of young and elderly people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants will be required to comply with all safeguarding procedures including an Enhanced DBS check. Staff Training All our staff take part in a structured training programme which is tailored to each individual and is geared to help them to offer the high standards of care that are expected in a Whitgift Care home. Our internal training is run by our dedicated Training Coordinator who ensures that our staff are trained in mandatory subjects. These include: Food hygiene Medicine administration Gallery Previous Next Documents