Housekeeping Assistant

Richmond Villages; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A reputable retirement community in Cheltenham is seeking a Housekeeping Assistant. You will maintain high cleaning standards in residents’ facilities and public areas, ensuring a sparkling community. The ideal candidate will possess housekeeping experience, strong communication skills, and an understanding of infection control. This role offers competitive pay and various benefits, including healthcare and holiday allowances.

Benefits

Access to healthcare support

Annual holiday allowance

Free meals with every shift

Interest-free annual travel loan

Qualifications

• Experience from a housekeeping or domestic cleaning role is ideal.
• Basic understanding of infection control and compliance standards is required.
• Must possess meticulous attention to detail and take pride in work.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high cleaning standards in care home facilities and public areas.
• Operate cleaning equipment like vacuum cleaners and floor polishers.
• Report safety hazards to management and adhere to Health and Safety standards.

Skills

Housekeeping experience

Infection control knowledge

Attention to detail

Strong communication skills

Job description

Housekeeping Assistant

Richmond Village Cheltenham, Hatherley Lane, Cheltenham, GL51 6PN
£12.60 per hour
Permanent. Part‑time or full‑time available, including alternate weekends

Job Description

The Housekeeper is the unsung hero of our award‑winning retirement village. With a flair for perfection and a sprinkle of care, they keep our community sparkling and residents beaming with pride.

• Ensuring that our residents’ care home facilities, public areas and individual properties are maintained to the highest cleaning standards.
• Operating vacuum cleaners, floor polishers and carpet shampooers.
• Emptying bins regularly.
• Sweeping, scrubbing, waxing and polishing floors.
• Cleaning carpets and upholstery and washing woodwork, windows, door panels and sills.
• Washing, drying and ironing residents’ clothing, bedding and communal laundry, including for our on‑site care home residents.
• Reporting all safety hazards to management, ensuring Health and Safety standards and COSHH are adhered to at all times.

Key Skills / Qualifications Needed For This Role

You will ideally bring experience from a housekeeping or domestic cleaning role, along with a basic understanding of infection control, COSHH and compliance standards. As someone who is friendly and approachable, you will forge enduring professional relationships with colleagues, residents and their families. Recognizing the importance of a safe working environment, you possess meticulous attention to detail and take pride in your work. Equipped with strong communication skills, you are adept at collaborating as part of a team, across various functions and services.

Benefits

• My Healthcare – Quick, easy access to support, advice and treatment for a variety of health‑related issues, including remote GP, physiotherapy and mental health support – all available from one phone number 24/7.
• Annual allowance redeemable against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, valued at approximately £350.
• Free meal with every shift.
• 28 days holiday.
• Long Service – For every milestone at Bupa we reward you with e‑cards, extra holidays and money.
• Interest‑free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets.
• Wagestream – Early access up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes.
• Competitive pension plans and parental leave options, with access to unique products such as our Menopause plan.
• My Bupa Extras – discounts at your favourite retailers and a range of tools, content and information to support your wellbeing.
• A sick pay scheme for frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide reassurance and financial support during longer absences.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do. We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa", champion diversity and understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role and will provide reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them. If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: [e-mail].