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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 Copelands 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 according to residentìs needs.
• You will help to ensure that an effective system of collecting, receiving / redistributing laundry is in place to ensure that resident’s/Copelands 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.
• As part of the housekeeping team, you will be responsible for maintaining the cleanliness of all communal areas within Copelands, cleaning stores, toilets, bathrooms, and equipment (belonging to Copelands and/or to the residents).

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Communication skills and ability to work as a team.
• Ability to use initiative to resolve issues and follow correct reporting procedures.

Desirable Skills

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