housekeeper Davenham, England
Job description
Ancillary Assistant - full/part time hours available - Davenham Hall
Here at Springcare, we have a wonderful opportunity for a dedicated and conscientious Housekeeping Assistant to be a part of our Springcare family, where you will have a passion for creating a beautiful environment for our residents.
We believe that good housekeepers have many qualities, that make them excellent at their job:
What qualities does it take to be a Housekeeper at Springcare?
- Being self-motivated, and a team player
- Being conscientious with their work and pay attention to details
- Communication skills – communicating with our staff members and engaging with residents, showing care and empathy
- Have a strong work ethic and a positive can-do attitude
- Ability to prioritise their work and be organised.
- Be friendly and approachable
The role
As a Housekeeper with Springcare, you would take pride in ensuring that all standards of cleanliness, infection control and laundry are carried out to a high standard.
Everyday can be different within a care environment, some of the daily activities that our housekeeping team carry out are:
- General cleaning and tidying of communal areas and our residents' bedrooms
- Hoovering, cleaning bathrooms and carrying out deep cleans.
- Laundry of resident's clothes, bedding and other items.
- Assisting the kitchen team
- Maintaining housekeeping products
Our housekeeping team generally work between the hours of 8am until 8pm, and could be a mix of morning, afternoon or a long day shift. Actual hours of work would be discussed during your interview.
Need to be available to work weekends.
Typical Shift patterns for a Day shift would be:
- 8am until 8pm
- 8am until 2pm
- 2pm until 8pm
Experience in a similar role is not essential; as we will support and provide you with full training.
What Springcare can offer to you:
- Permanent full and part time day contracts – with access to our work placed pension scheme
- Early pay using Wage Stream App – you can request 50% of your pay in advance of your completed shifts.
- Access to Blue Light Card – where you can make savings across hundreds of national retailers
- Fully funded training for nationally recognised qualifications (level 2 through to 5) with internal career progression opportunities.
- Refer a friend £££ scheme for each friend that you recommend (T&C apply)
- Access to counselling and wellbeing support.
- Family friendly policies
- Smooth robust recruitment process through our portal.
If you are interested in becoming a housekeeper with Springcare, have the qualities that we believe make our housekeepers fantastic, we would love to hear from you and be part of your journey with a care environment.
Successful applicants would require two written references, a standard/enhanced DBS (depending on role) and evidence of a right to work in the UK check.
Springcare are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all of our staff are vetted, selected, trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective and compassionate care.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Salary: £11.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Discounted or free food
- Referral programme
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Davenham: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: DH Ancillary
