Laundry Assistant

This role as a Laundry Assistant at Avery Healthcare involves supporting the Head Housekeeper in providing a high-quality laundering service to ensure excellent care for the residents. The ideal candidate should have experience in a similar setting, demonstrate understanding of laundry requirements, and possess a positive attitude and compassion towards residents.

Main duties of the job

As a Laundry Assistant, your primary focus will be to support the Head Housekeeper in delivering a comprehensive laundering service, ensuring that all textiles are well-presented and maintained in good condition. You will be responsible for carrying out all laundering duties, understanding wash guide instructions, and practicing safe systems of work. Additionally, you will contribute to teamwork, respond positively to colleagues, and act on reasonable work instructions.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, offering exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes. The company is passionate about creating meaningful experiences for both residents and employees, and is committed to building a supportive and inspiring environment where everyone feels valued and empowered.

Job responsibilities

Your focus as Laundry Assistant will be to support the Head Housekeeper in providing a laundering service in support of the hospitality services function, ensuring a high-quality and comprehensive care service is delivered to residents.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Carrying out all laundering duties.
• Understanding wash guide instructions, laundering requirements of a wide range of textiles, and the properties of cleaning materials to ensure that all areas are well presented and maintained in good condition.
• Practicing safe systems of work across various tasks, particularly moving and handling loads, by assessing risk and considering personal safety and the safety of residents, visitors, and staff.
• Contributing fully to teamwork, responding positively to colleagues, and promptly acting on all reasonable work instructions.

About you

To be successful in your application, you must live our values of caring, support, honesty, respect, and accountability in all that you do.

Our ideal candidate must:

• Demonstrate understanding of the laundering requirements applicable to various textiles.
• Have experience working in a similar setting or a hotel.
• Have a positive attitude towards residents.
• Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of laundry services to residents.

Requirements

Please note this role will require:

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

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.