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Housekeeper

NHS

Job Description

Job summary

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can really make a difference? Are you looking to use your skill set in a rewarding work environment with our welcoming and specialised support team at The Chestnuts care home? You may be new to care or looking for a new challenge away from hospitality and retail. Come and join the Agincare family as a Housekeeper! Where you'll be working The Chestnuts - Lavric Road, Aylesbury, HP21 8JN. As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy £12.87 per hour, Refer a friend scheme up to £1000, Outstanding career development, Fully funded training up to QCF level 5, Blue Light Care discount package, Company pension scheme, On demand pay. What is required from you? A minimum of 12 months on your right to work, There is one position available, working 35 hours per week, to include alternate weekends, Shift patterns to be discussed at interview A day in the life of a Housekeeper Communal cleaning ensure the communal areas are kept clean and safe for residents and employees Domestic tasks - dust, polish and vacuum residents bedrooms thoroughly and ensuring use of appropriate warning signs when required Collaboration - work closely with the home management team to ensure the home meets the standards of hygiene and cleanliness Companionship- Provide support, communication and engagement to residents.

Main duties of the job

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can really make a difference? Are you looking to use your skill set in a rewarding work environment with our welcoming and specialised support team at The Chestnuts care home? You may be new to care or looking for a new challenge away from hospitality and retail. Come and join the Agincare family as a Housekeeper! Where you'll be working The Chestnuts - Lavric Road, Aylesbury, HP21 8JN. As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy £12.87 per hour, Refer a friend scheme up to £1000, Outstanding career development, Fully funded training up to QCF level 5, Blue Light Care discount package, Company pension scheme, On demand pay. A day in the life of a Housekeeper Communal cleaning ensure the communal areas are kept clean and safe for residents and employees Domestic tasks - dust, polish and vacuum residents bedrooms thoroughly and ensuring use of appropriate warning signs when required Collaboration - work closely with the home management team to ensure the home meets the standards of hygiene and cleanliness Companionship- Provide support, communication and engagement to residents.

About us

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. As a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with more than 5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of our new not-for-profit Childrens Services. Today, Agincare is one of the UKs largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locations nationwide. As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed to supporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation. We are proud to support the Armed Forces community through our alliance, offering guaranteed interviews to service leavers and members of the military community. All of our services are regulated by the CQC and Agincare is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can really make a difference?Are you looking to use your skill set in a rewarding work environment with our welcoming and specialised support team at The Chestnuts care home?

You may be new to care or looking for a new challenge away from hospitality and retail

Come and join the Agincare family as aHousekeeper!

Where you'll be working

  • The Chestnuts - Lavric Road, Aylesbury, HP21 8JN

As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy

  • £12.87 per hour
  • Refer a friend scheme up to£1000
  • Outstanding career development
  • Fully funded training up to QCF level 5
  • Blue Light Care discount package
  • Company pension scheme
  • On demand pay

What is required from you?

  • A minimum of 12 months on your right to work
  • There is one position available, working 35 hours per week, to include alternate weekends
  • Shift patterns to be discussed at interview

A day in the life of a Housekeeper

  • Communal cleaning ensure the communal areas are kept clean and safe for residents and employees
  • Domestic tasks -dust, polish and vacuum residents bedrooms thoroughly and ensuring use of appropriate warning signs when required
  • Collaboration - work closely with the home management team to ensure the home meets the standards of hygiene and cleanliness
  • Companionship- Provide support, communication and engagement to residents.

About Agincare

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40years of caring for communities. As a rapidlygrowing, family-ownedcare provider with more than5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of ournew not-for-profit Childrens Services. Today,Agincare is one of the UKs largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locationsnationwide.

As a signatory of theCare Leaver Covenant, we are committed tosupporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation.We are proud to support the Armed Forcescommunity through our alliance,offering guaranteed interviewsto service leavers and members of the military community.

All of our services areregulated by the CQCand Agincare is proud to be anequal opportunities employerand encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available. If this particular role isnt the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies,www.agincare.com/careers

*Refer a friend bonuses are subject to terms and conditions

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A minimum of 12 months on your right to work

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Agincare

Address

Agincare Homes Holdings

Aylesbury

HP21 8JN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.agincare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

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