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Job description

As a Housekeeping Assistant your focus will be to ensure a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene is kept throughout Kirk House including in residents’ rooms.

Responsibilities

• You will be ensuring that our residentìs rooms are maintained to the highest standard of cleanliness and that such duties are carried out in a respectful and empathetic manner, according to residentìs needs.
• As part of the housekeeping team, you will be responsible for maintaining the cleanliness of all communal areas within Kirk House, cleaning stores, toilets, bathrooms, and equipment (belonging to Kirk House and/or to the residents)
• You will help to ensure that an effective system of collecting, receiving / redistributing laundry is in place to ensure that resident’s/Kirk House requirements are always met.
• Your role will require you to adhere to our Health & Safety policy and procedure and where necessary, bring to the attention of management, any area, piece of equipment, standard or working practice, which does not meet safe standards.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Good communication skills and ability to work as a team.
• Ability to use initiative to resolve issues and follow correct reporting procedures.
• Ability to work on a rota basis (7-day week)

Desirable Skills

• Experience in a similar role within a Residential Care/Nursing Home environment.