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Job description

Casual Housekeeping Assistant. 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 residential needs.
• You will help to ensure that an effective system ofcollecting, 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.
• You may assist with serving meals to residents and to ensure all areas are clean and tidy after each meal.

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.