START Housekeeper Sheffield, England
Job description
To provide an efficient and quality housekeeping service at Sheffield Health and Social Care’s Substance Misuse Service.
The Sheffield Treatment and Recovery Team (START) is a progressive, dynamic Directorate at the forefront of delivering high quality and effective drug and alcohol services in Sheffield.
This post would suit an extremely well-motivated individual that can provide effective housekeeping support to the service. We are a very busy service and will require the individual to be flexible as they will be required to work across two City Centre sites.
The successful candidate will encounter service users so will need to exhibit a friendly, calm and professional manner and put service users at ease. They will need to ensure housekeeping schedules are adhered too and that all health and safety precautions are followed.
The service is made up of a large multidisciplinary team of doctors, clinical nurse specialists, social workers, recovery workers and administrative staff.
The hours of work are:
26.25 hours per week, variable shifts to cover 7am-12:15pm Monday to Friday
We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.
What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds, and all have expertise and stories to share.
It’s important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of
If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.
We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.
The role holder will;
- Ensure the daily cleaning of toilets within service user and staff areas within the Service.
- Ensure the daily cleaning of clinic rooms and service user waiting areas.
- Daily emptying of waste bins and disposal of rubbish from the allocated areas. Recycling of paper, cardboard, plastic and metal appropriately in the allocated bins on sites.
- Regular clean all corridors, offices, rooms, and stairs as listed on the agreed work schedule.
- Daily test and monitor for legionnaires following Trust guidelines.
- Carry out duties following the required Trust Health & Safety Policies and COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) regulations.
- Promptly report any faults, breakages and incidents relating to the work area.
- Regularly complete and adhere to work schedules for the designated areas of responsibility, particular attention to standards of care given to the clinical areas.
- Monitor stock levels and liaise with appropriate designated persons to ensure adequate quantities of cleaning materials.
- Ensure the premises and work areas are secure before going off duty.
- Attend training and retraining sessions regarding Health & Safety, COSHH or other statutory training in liaison with the Building Manager or her delegated deputy.
- Co-operate with the Admin/Buildings Manager and work as part of a team. Participate in team meetings and supervision when required.
- In the event of absence of other housekeeping staff, due to annual leave, sick leave would need to be prepared to cover their priority areas, with particular regard to service user/public areas, toilets and bins.
- Undertake any other duties as may be delegated by the Admin/Building Manager that are relevant to the post.
- Maintain effective liaison and communications within the Substance Misuse Service and with agencies outside of the Substance Misuse Service in relation to service user care.
