Part Time Cleaner

Oakdown House Limited; Burwash Common; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

An organization focused on supporting adults with disabilities is seeking a dedicated cleaner to maintain a hygienic environment in Burwash Common. The role involves cleaning communal areas, assisting residents with their laundry, and ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. Ideal candidates will be supportive, communicative, and attentive to the needs of residents, promoting their independence while maintaining dignity.

Qualifications

• Experience in cleaning or domestic work.
• Ability to follow health and safety guidelines.
• Compassionate approach to residents' needs.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness of communal and resident rooms.
• Support residents in laundry and daily cleaning tasks.
• Ensure adherence to hygiene and health protocols.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Empathy

Job description

1. To ensure the clean and hygienic maintenance of the home, for adults with learning & physical disabilities.
2. To maintain resident’s laundry daily and ensure residents clothes are well maintained, ironed, clearly named and labelled.
3. To engage residents and support them to clean their rooms and do their laundry to increase their life skills.

Responsibilities

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. To clean all allocated communal rooms including furniture, fittings, fabric, carpets and equipment as outlined in the cleaning rota.
2. To adhere to the company’s health and safety policies and procedures and the COSHH statement and attend all mandatory training required, including the prevention and control of infection training.
3. To support and encourage residents to be involved in cleaning their rooms to create a homely environment.
4. Support residents to undertake various aspects of their laundry to help maintain and promote independence.
5. Ensure resident’s dignity and privacy is respected at all times.
6. To clean sanitary and other equipment, with particular attention to guidelines for the control of germs and infestation as outlined in the cleaning rota.
7. To ensure a regular supply of cleaning products are available.
8. To report any malfunction of equipment or fittings that require maintenance or cannot be kept to standard through normal cleaning procedures.
9. To deal with waste bags and their prescribed disposal.
10. To follow the laundry routine and required throughput of laundry, thereby preventing unnecessary build up.
11. To ensure that bundles of laundry are separated and identified for other staff to load and unload into washers and dryers
12. To be responsible for checking that the washers/dryers are maintained in good working order and report faults to the Head of Housekeeping.
13. To keep the laundry room and storage area in a clean, hygienic

Hiring organization

Job Location

Ticehurst Road, Burwash Common, East Sussex, TN19 7JR