Housekeeping Assistant – Wallsend

Eothen Homes Limited; Wallsend; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A residential care home in Wallsend is seeking a Housekeeping Assistant to provide support across kitchen, laundry, and domestic duties. Flexibility in shifts is required, and the role includes maintaining hygiene and cleanliness throughout the facility. Benefits include a fully funded BUPA cashback scheme and birthday off. An enhanced Disclosure Barring Service check is mandatory.

Benefits

Fully funded BUPA cashback scheme

Birthday off

Public holiday pay at time and a half

Qualifications

• Must be flexible and willing to work hard.
• An enhanced Disclosure Barring Service check will be required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain general cleanliness and hygiene of the kitchen and associated areas.
• Wash crockery, cutlery and cooking utensils.
• Laying and cleaning tables.
• Assist in the preparation and serving of meals.
• Maintain cleanliness of the home.
• General cleaning of communal areas and bedrooms.
• Ensure tidiness and organization of laundry.

Job description

Housekeeping Assistant

We currently have a Housekeeping Assistant vacancy within our Wallsend residential care home, working 20 hours per week.

The successful candidate will provide cover and additional support to our existing ancillary staff, splitting their hours between Kitchen Assistant, Laundry Assistant and Domestic Assistant.

Responsibilities

Kitchen Assistant

• Maintain general cleanliness and hygiene of the kitchen and associated areas.
• Wash crockery, cutlery and cooking utensils.
• Laying and cleaning tables.
• Assist in the preparation of meals and be involved in making and serving light meals and beverages.

Domestic Assistant

• Maintain general cleanliness and hygiene of the home.
• General cleaning of communal areas, bedrooms, toilets, bathrooms, laundry, hairdressing salon, offices, and any other areas as required.

Laundry Assistant

• Maintain tidiness and organisation of the laundry.
• Ensure all residents’ clothes are appropriately laundered, ironed, mended and returned to individual residents.

Shifts vary in duration, therefore the successful candidate must be flexible, willing to work hard and be adaptable.

Benefits

• Fully funded BUPA cash back scheme – benefits include dental treatments, optical treatments, prescriptions, therapies and access to shopping discounts to numerous high street and online stores.
• Birthday off.
• Public holiday working will attract time and a half.

Requirements

An enhanced Disclosure Barring Service check will be required.

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