Housekeeping Assistant

At Avery Healthcare, we believe in caring for those who care for our residents. We recognise and celebrate our hard-working colleagues, supporting your career development with a variety of apprenticeships, and provide you with access to a range of leisure and retail discounts. 

We are now seeking a compassionate, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our friendly, award-winning team as a Housekeeping Assistant.  

ABOUT THE ROLE 

Your focus as Housekeeping Assistant will be to work as part of a team, ensuring that all standards of cleanliness and laundry are maintained in the home. You will operate according to our standard operating procedures for housekeeping and laundry, ensuring that hotel service standards are maintained. 

Other responsibilities will include: 

• Carrying out all cleaning duties in accordance with worksheet instructions. 
• Understanding the cleaning requirements of different surfaces and coverings and the properties of cleaning materials, ensuring that all areas are well presented and maintained in good condition. 
• Ensuring that all residents are treated with dignity and respect and that their personal space and belongings are always respected. 

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ABOUT YOU  

To succeed in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful and accountable in all you do.  

Our ideal candidate must have: 

• Knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments. 
• Experience of cleaning laundry in a public setting.   
• Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of high-quality housekeeping/laundry service to residents. 
• The ability to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice. 

ABOUT AVERY  

As one of the largest providers of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, we believe that the later years of our residents' lives should be as enriching as any other. Our vision of ‘creating meaningful lives together’ is achieved by the exceptional care and experience we proudly offer throughout our growing portfolio of over 100 care homes while establishing ourselves as the preferred choice for residents and employees.  

Please note this role will require: 

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare. 
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.