Cleaner

Choice Care Group; Fordingbridge; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in the UK seeks a Domestic Assistant to maintain high cleaning standards in their care home. The role involves undertaking various cleaning duties and ensuring a safe and supportive environment for residents with learning disabilities and mental health conditions. Ideal candidates will be organized, enthusiastic, and willing to learn. Competitive benefits include holiday entitlement, a sick pay scheme, and additional bonuses for staff loyalty.

Benefits

28 days holiday inclusive of Bank Holidays

Employee Assistance Programme

Refer a friend scheme, £500 for referrals

Christmas bonus for all staff

Life insurance

Training programmes for staff development

Qualifications

• A committed and enthusiastic approach to work.
• Ability to maintain the required quality of service.
• Satisfactory written and verbal communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high cleanliness standards in the home.
• Ensure all work surfaces are clean.
• Identify future cleaning and maintenance needs.
• Support residents in a safe and fulfilling environment.

Skills

Organised

Willing to learn

Good communication skills

Can-do attitude

Job description

Hours:20

Salary:£12.25 to £12.25Hour

Overview of the role

The role of the Domestic Assistant is to undertake a range of cleaning duties to a high standard throughout the home.

Key duties

• Maintaining a high standard of cleanliness throughout the home, especially within the kitchen and storage areas
• Ensuring all work surfaces and floor areas are clean and managed
• Hoovering, washing, polishing etc. in all areas, including the residents' bedrooms, bathrooms and communal areas
• Identifying future regular cleaning and maintenance needs
• Identifying future resources and equipment needed for the home
• Operating within all Company policies and procedures
• Demonstrating our values
• Getting to know the people we support and enabling them to live a safe, happy and fulfilling life through developing open, honest and considerate relationships

Personal attributes

• Organised and willing to learn
• A committed and enthusiastic approach
• An ability to maintain the required quality of service
• A can-do attitude
• Satisfactory written and verbal communication skills

What are the benefits?*

• Holiday entitlement - starting from 28 days inclusive of Bank Holidays
• Sick pay entitlement
• Employee Assistance Programme - comprehensive health and wellbeing support for staff
• Refer a friend scheme - enjoy a payment of £500 when you recruit a friend to Choice Care
• Choiceversary - staff receive vouchers of £75 after 5 years, £100 after 10 years and £150 after 15 years to celebrate their commitment to Choice Care
• Christmas bonus - vouchers for all staff members
• Life insurance
• Annual staff awards - this year each winner received £400 and we had over 30 winners in total
• Complex in-house training - this includes our Advanced Management Development Programme for managers in the making and our Foundation Management Development Programme for rising stars
• A paid day off on your birthday
• Free monthly prize draw - all frontline care colleagues are automatically entered into a monthly prize draw. Three winners, selected randomly, receive £500 each, tax-free
• Blue Light Card eligibility
• Reclaim prescription costs for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and access free feminine on shift
• Wagestream – a financial health app that enables you to track your earnings, save a small amount automatically each month, receive optional pay advances, purchase vouchers for discounts with retailers, and get access to financial support and education

*minimum service periods applicable to some benefits

Who are we?

Choice Care is one of the UK’s leading residential care providers for people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health conditions. With over 30 years’ experience, we’re at the forefront of national best practice, with among the highest CQC ratings of any comparable organisation.

Our homes are more than just a place to live, they’re like a second family for everyone we support. Each home is a close-knit community, with its own unique personality, and all the ups and downs of typical family life, built on trust and the promise of unconditional care. Our colleagues build close bonds with the people they care for, helping to create enduring, positive relationships that build confidence and self-esteem.

In every Choice Care home there’s a strong emphasis on living life to the full and having fun, with purposeful daily activities based on individual preferences and capabilities. Alongside this there are regular social events, projects, outings and holiday breaks which everyone can get involved in and express themselves through.

Where will you work?

Heywood Sumner House is an elegant, detached property, located in the village of South Gorley, in the heart of New Forest, with three acres of beautiful lawns and gardens overlooking the surrounding farmland. The large, rural home supports up to 12 male residents of various ages with learning disabilities, mental health conditions and associated complex needs. The home has a lively, active personality. In addition to an organised programme of regular on-site activities, there is an emphasis on community interaction, and the home has two vehicles for educational and recreational trips and activities in the local community. South Gorley is midway between Fordingbridge and Ringwood, and just 15 minutes from Bournemouth town centre.