Hartford Care

Housekeeper

Hartford Care  •  £25k/yr  •  Sidmouth, GB (Onsite)  •  21 days ago
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Job Description

Housekeeper - 32 hours per week (includes alternate weekend working)

The Role

As a Housekeeper, you will ensure the home is kept clean and safe at all times while meeting hygiene and cleanliness standards, and working together as a team to create a happy and caring atmosphere.

Whether you are dusting a resident’s room and reminiscing with them about their previous job, cleaning a bathroom, caring for houseplants or completing the cleaning logs, you will do so with care at the heart of everything you do.

  • Do you want to make a difference to someone's life and feel a sense of purpose in an extremely rewarding role?
  • Do you take pride in maintaining a tidy, safe and clean environment?
  • Do you have an eye for detail and a passion for maintaining high standards of cleanliness?
  • Are you caring, warm and understanding?
  • Are you spontaneous, patient, flexible and have a good sense of humour?
  • Do you strongly believe in the values of Creating Communities, Caring for Each Other and Celebrating Individuality?

If your answer is yes to all these questions, why not join our Hartford Care family?

Alongside great rates of pay as well as enhancements and paid breaks, other benefits also include:

  • Annual pay reviews
  • Access to Wagestream
  • Free DBS and NMC PIN Costs reimbursed for Nurses
  • Free Employee Assistance Programme
  • Hartford Rewards - access to 100’s of discounts including major retail, travel and leisure companies
  • 24/7 digital GP service
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Hartford Hero employee recognition & reward scheme
  • Young workers (18+) are paid the same as those aged 25+
  • Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend and Refer a Resident Scheme
  • Learning, development, apprenticeship and career development opportunities

Requirements

Essential

  • A compassionate and caring nature

  • Excellent communication skills and ability to use IT systems
  • Good organisation and planning skills
  • A good attention to detail and desire to ensure standards are the highest possible
  • Good understanding of health and safety as well as infection control and COSHH procedures
  • Able to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
  • A flexible approach to working hours

This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Hartford Care

About Hartford Care

Hartford Care is an award-winning Care Provider of residential and nursing homes supporting older people and people who live with Dementia across the South of England.

Collectively, our backgrounds incorporate customer care at the highest level; health; education; finance; and social care and a thorough knowledge of the industry's regulatory authority.

Always working together, we ensure the knowledge and experience that emanates from our unique blend of talent and expertise is shared with our home managers and staff team.

Respect for our residents'​ privacy, dignity and individuality is at the heart of everything we do.

We firmly believe that every one of our residents has an absolute right to choose the way they live their lives.

Whatever their preferences, we do all we can to support our residents by providing them with the best possible environment in which to enjoy them.

Physical needs are carefully considered and, as such, we believe it is important to actively involve residents in their care to ensure they retain as much independence as possible.

We understand the vital importance of looking after the emotional and spiritual needs of both residents and their nearest and dearest.

We are proud that Hartford Care, established more than a century ago, remains a family-owned business and firmly believe our excellent reputation within the care industry has been achieved by remaining consistent with our values of creating caring communities.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Basingstoke, GB
Year Founded
Unknown
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