Part Time Housekeeping Assistant

Part Time Housekeeping Assistant Newtownards, Northern Ireland

Belfast Central Mission
Full Time Newtownards, Northern Ireland 9.6 GBP HOURLY Today
Job description

Job summary

Permanent Housekeeping Assistant – 20 hours per week

Primary purpose of the role
As a Housekeeping Assistant your focus will be to ensure a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene is kept throughout Copelands including in residents' rooms.

Key accountabilities

General Housekeeping

  • Ensure residents' rooms are maintained to a high standard of cleanliness and that duties are carried out in a respectful manner, according to residents' needs
  • Share responsibility with the rest of the housekeeping team to maintaining the cleanliness of all communal areas within Copelands, cleaning stores, toilets, bathrooms, and equipment (belonging to Copelands and/or to the residents)
  • Ensure that sufficient levels of cleaning supplies and equipment are maintained and available and advise management on replenishing supplies
  • Assist with serving meals and to ensure all areas are clean and tidy after each meal
  • You will assist in other areas of Copelands to include the Kitchen, as necessitated by the Registered Manager
  • Adhere to our Health & Safety policy and procedure and where necessary, bring to the attention of management, any area, piece of equipment, standard or working practice, which does not meet safe standards

Laundry

  • Ensure an effective system of collecting, receiving / redistributing laundry is in place to ensure that resident’s requirements are always met
  • Take care with items of clothing belonging to residents, you will be responsible for sorting laundry items by colour, size or fabric type, and for operating the necessary equipment in a way that preserves individual/personal laundry items, avoiding damage to these items
  • Ensure the cleanliness of all bed linen / duvets etc and that these items are returned in exceptional order for re-use
  • Laundering all items within Copelands and ensure, when required, that all laundered items are dried, pressed, ironed, steamed, and folded
  • Undertake checks to ensure that items of laundry have been thoroughly cleaned
  • Ensure that finished laundry items are folded, bagged, or hung up according to garment requirements, ready for collection.
  • You must ensure that you operate all equipment in a safe manner and abide by the instructions of use in respect of each item of equipment
  • Report any faulty or unsafe appliances or equipment to management
  • Advising on the replenishment of cleaning agents/ washing powders/liquids/fabric conditioners to ensure the smooth running of the laundry service

Requirements
Essential

  • Good communication skills and ability to work as a team
  • Ability to use initiative to resolve issues and follow correct reporting procedures

Desirable

  • Experience in a similar role within a Residential Care/Nursing Home environment

Terms and Conditions
To work at BCM you must be willing to provide the following information:

  • Enhanced AccessNI Disclosure
  • Medical Questionnaire
  • Proof of right to work in Northern Ireland

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 20 per week

Salary: £9.60 per hour

Benefits:

  • Company pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Flexitime

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Newtownards: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

  • housekeeping: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: 23/CHKA9/9

Part Time Housekeeping Assistant
Belfast Central Mission

www.belfastcentralmission.org
Belfast, United Kingdom
Unknown / Non-Applicable
51 to 200 Employees
Self-employed
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