Housekeeping Assistant - Footprints
About the Role
Would you like to have a direct impact on our residents, visitors and all the staff working at Footprints in Stodmarsh, Canterbury by ensuring a clean environment is maintained? Keeping Footprints a welcoming and safe environment is no easy task, which is why the role of Housekeeping Assistant is crucially important to our home.
This role is working Monday to Friday each week for 30 hours per week at £12.21 per hour.
We are keen to recruit someone who has a strong interest in working in care services and a desire to make a difference to the young people we support so if you are compassionate, hardworking and an excellent team player we hope to hear from you!
Job Opportunity
As Housekeeping Assistant at Footprints, you will:
- Ensure that the resident's personal space is kept in line with the personal choices they express whilst meeting health and safety obligations
- Be sensitive to the privacy and individual needs of our residents
- Clean bathrooms, bedrooms and communal areas to a high standard, ensuring compliance with infection control procedures
As a Strode Park Foundation colleague you'll get comprehensive support from day one and receive training and development opportunities to develop your skills.
Footprints specialise in the care of young people with disabilities. The residential home is based in a rural location in Canterbury (Stodmarsh) and offers a mix of privacy and togetherness. See our website for further information Young People Services Residential - Strode Park Foundation
Footprints provides care on a 24-hour basis, 7 days a week including weekends and bank holidays. This means we value reliable and flexible staff. We will consider all requests for flexible working and are proud to be a ‘Flex from First’ employer. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need.
Essential Skills
Our ideal Housekeeping Assistant will:
- Have cleaning experience
- The ability to read and understand instructions, especially the correct use of chemicals
- Have pride in your work and a keen eye for detail
- Hold a driving licence and access to your own vehicle (as may be required to go shopping)
- Be honest, reliable and trustworthy
Although not essential, it would be an advantage if you have experience of working in a care home environment.
Creating an Inclusive Environment
Strode Park Foundation (“Strode Park”) is fully committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce and the elimination of unlawful and unfair discrimination. Strode Park values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to our organisation.
Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our service users, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
Strode Park will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. It will not discriminate because of any other irrelevant factor and will build a culture that values meritocracy, openness, fairness and transparency.
