Join Our Team as a Cleaner
Location: Northampton
Role: Part-time role (15hours per week, between Monday – Friday)
Lindsay House is a 17 bed supported living service registered under CQC. Lindsay House provides support to individuals with a primary mental health diagnosis.
My Duties And Responsibilities As a Cleaner
You will play an important part in keeping our environment safe, welcoming, and well‑maintained. Your day‑to‑day responsibilities will include:
Carry out high‑quality cleaning across all areas, including dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping and washing up.
Clean internal windows and glass, empty bins and complete monthly deep‑cleaning and disinfection.
Restock essential supplies (hand wash, toilet paper, cleaning materials) and wash reusable cloths and rags.
Maintain cleaning equipment, keep accurate records and support with ordering new stock when required.
Follow the cleaning rota and work with the Service Manager to keep a practical timetable.
Perform minor maintenance tasks such as adjusting toilet seats or unclogging sinks.
Work safely and professionally, following COSHH and Health & Safety procedures at all times.
Report any pest issues immediately to a supervisor or senior staff member.
Work independently, stay organised and adapt to changing tasks when needed.
Maintain confidentiality and build positive working relationships with the wider team.
Essential Experience, Skills Required For This Role
You'll have previous cleaning experience, ideally within an office building and have a good understanding of the health and safety at work legislation, in particular, operating the highest cleaning standards and operating safely at work.
You'll be able to prioritise the high-risk areas of cleaning and coordinate tasks accordingly
You'll have the ability to use own initiative
You'll work to agreed plans
You'll have good time management, organisation and communication skills
We look forward to receiving your application
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Why Work With Rethink Mental Illness?
Benefits
At Rethink Mental Illness, we believe that when you feel supported, you can make the biggest difference. That's why we offer a range of benefits to help you thrive:
Inclusive Culture: Join staff networks that champion diversity and inclusion.
Wellbeing Support: Access our Wellbeing Hub, Employee Assistance Programme, and the Unmind mental health app.
Recognition & Rewards: Enjoy discounts, cashback offers, and celebrate achievements through our PULSE platform.
Flexible Working & Generous Leave: Starting at 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and your birthday off), with options to buy or sell extra days.
Learning & Development: Grow your career with structured onboarding and training opportunities.
Financial & Family Support: Contributory pension scheme, enhanced family leave, and travel benefits like season ticket loans and cycle-to-work schemes.
Referral Bonus: Earn up to £300 for introducing someone to our team.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Diversity is important to us, and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we're working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. We recognise and support staff networks and support groups for our ethnically diverse and LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.
We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and feel they belong; and for our work to help tackle wider mental health inequalities. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience of mental illness, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and any other gender identity not expressed here (LGBTQIA+); people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background - regardless of your age, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, political view or socio-economic status.
Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation
We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement. We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrates our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.