Job description
*RESIDENTIAL CARE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR 2022*
Role: Laundry Assistant
Pay: £10.42
Full Time 40 hours per week- including Alternate Weekends
Location: Larkland House, Ascot SL5 7EG
Care UK is one of the UK’s leading providers of health and social care services. Join our Hotel Services team and you’ll be playing a vital part in making residents’ lives better on a daily basis.
Whatever role you take on, you’ll be working as part of a close-knit team to improve the daily lives of the people we care for. You’ll be dedicated to achieving the highest standards and to providing the ultimate in customer service. You will also be flexible, reliable and love working as part of a team.
As a Laundry Assistant you’ll launder and iron our residents’ clothing to the highest standards, putting it away tidily and ensuring wardrobes and drawers are always clean and neat.
Key Responsibilities
Carry out all cleaning duties as directed by the Head Housekeeper to the required Company standards. Cleaning duties can be in any area of the nursing home.
Ensure that daily and deep cleaning schedules are adhered to.
Maintain a high standard of personal presentation and hygiene.
Ensure that all cleaning equipment is correctly and safely used and kept in a safe condition. Report any defect to the Home Manager.
Carry out any other reasonable instructions of the Home Manager.
To be sensitive to the privacy and individual needs of the residents.
To comply with COSHH regulations.
To adhere to infection control polices at all times.
To ensure the correct use of PPE.
To follow the correct use of colour code systems within the home
Carry out other ad hoc duties as requested by the Head Housekeeper or Home Manager.
To ensure all necessary documentation is completed daily.
To ensure trolley’s are re-stocked at the end of shift and cleaning cupboards are left clean and tidy
Skills & Experience
Previous cleaning experience
Ability to communicate on the telephone
Good communication skills both written and verbal
Able to carry out instructions accurately.
A knowledge of health and safety
An understanding of infection control
Flexible and reliable attitude to working arrangements
Committed to customer care and first class service provision
Ability to work alone as well as part of a team
Adaptable, friendly, polite, courteous and caring
Qualifications
Basic education, including English and Maths
Larkland House care home in Ascot provides excellent care in lovely surroundings.
The dedicated and experienced team in our purpose-built care home in Ascot, Berkshire, offers a range of care options for older people, including residential, nursing and respite care including for people living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
Being an established care home, Larkland House has developed a great reputation for delivering the highest standards of care.
Flexibility is important – in caring for older people and in supporting their families and carers. We are very happy to care for people on a short term basis, giving their carers a break so they can enjoy a holiday or just have some time to themselves. Short term care may also be a useful solution if a person is recovering from a stay in hospital and needs more intensive support than their family carers feel they can provide.
There’s lots of space at Larkland House. All our bedrooms are lovely and big and residents are welcome to add their own personal touches to their rooms. We’re even open to people bringing small pets with them.
We’ve recently opened a brand new nursing dementia floor with 14 spacious and beautifully decorated rooms for older people living with dementia. All the rooms are en-suite and have lots of space for relaxing.
Larkland House care home also has beautiful gardens, including a secure area where residents can help out with some gardening if they like, or simply sit and enjoy a cup of tea in the fresh air. We’re in a great semi-rural location but still conveniently close to all of the shops and amenities of Ascot high street.