Job Title: Head Housekeeper
Location: Sir Aubrey Ward House, Marlow
Hours: 35 hours per week
Pay: £12.05 per hour
Are you interested in working for a charity that has been changing the lives of older people and those with learning disabilities and dementia for over 25 years?
We’d love to hear from you!
The Fremantle Trust has an opportunity for a Housekeeper to join our team on a part-time basis, based at our care home in Marlow. We are looking for an experienced individual that has worked within a residential care home setting. The post holder must be able to demonstrate a proven track record of supervising and managing a team of housekeeping staff. They must also have commercial awareness and understand the importance of working within costs & departmental budgets.
Our Housekeepers must be able to demonstrate how they have delivered a high standard of housekeeping within a home, be able to multitask and prioritise tasks and activities according to the needs of the residents and home.
Key Responsibilities:
- Organise and allocate workload to all Household Assistants (General, Kitchen and Laundry).
- Oversee and monitor cleaning regimes throughout the service, including cleaning, distribution of laundry and repair of the people who use Fremantle’s services own items and the home’s various items of fabric and linen, ensuring all tasks are carried out at appropriate intervals and to a high standard in accordance with the Infection Control Policy.
- Devise and manage appropriate stock control procedures for all cleaning materials with regard to the COSHH policy.
- Assist the Service Manager in carrying out daily and weekly maintenance tasks e.g. fire equipment testing.
- Assist the Service Manager with recruitment and selection of staff within the team, to ensure that appropriate staff are recruited to the team.
- Ensure that domestic staff maintain high standards in their duties throughout the home, and take remedial action where required.
- Implement Fremantle’s Performance Development and Support Policy and ensure that all staff receive comprehensive induction, probationary period, performance and development reviews, key sessions and participate in the in-house staff development programme.
- Ensure effective deployment of staffing resources by planning housekeeping rotas and ensuring adherence to them.
- Manage delegated budgets effectively and ensure the efficient use of resources.
- Ensure that day-to-day tasks and routines are carried out to contribute to the smooth running of the service as a whole.
Data Protection
The post holder must always respect the confidentiality of information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.
Apply today or call our Recruitment Team on 01296 737300 – we can’t wait to hear from you!
The Fremantle Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation or age.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £12.05 per hour
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Application question:
- Do you currently hold a skilled worker Visa?
Work Location: In person