Head Housekeeper

Location

Bushey, Hertfordshire | United Kingdom

Job description

About The Role

Join the team at Elton House Care Home as Head Housekeeper and take great pride in running the housekeeping and laundry cleaning services to the highest standards. The home is looking for a team member like you to have a real focus on attention to detail and keeping our residents’ home really clean.  Your responsibilities will also include stock management, staff rotas, supervision of staff and a commitment to excellence that will bring a smile to our residents every day. This is your opportunity to shine and really make a difference to the lives of others.

As you undertake your role, along the way you will always look to demonstrate our values of being Proud, Supportive and Caring.

Your Money - Great Team Players Need Great Rewards

• £14 per hour 
• Enhanced pay options
• Holiday pay and holiday-type benefits through employee discount scheme
• Workplace Pension
• Refer a Friend payments
• Free DBS, free uniform
• Paid e-learning and training
• CQC outcome bonus
• Long service awards and recognition
• Career development with salary increases
• Staff wellbeing strategy

Your Working Life

• Flexibility - We can offer a range of shift patterns that best fit around your family. Let us know what hours you are looking for and we will do our best to accommodate you
• A career development pathway and support with qualifications – linked with increases in salary
• A comprehensive and supportive induction programme to ensure confidence and competence

Avery #OneFamily Well-being Programme

• Exclusive employee discounts incl. retail and leisure savings
• Daily staff celebrations
• Staff well-being committees
• Mental health first aiders for staff
• Apprenticeship programme
• Managing Director award and Avery Awards

About You

To join us as Head Housekeeper, it is essential that you have experience of cleaning and managing laundry in a public setting and that you have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments.   You will be a naturally caring character that always puts people first, shows kindness, warmth, compassion and respect at all times, and loves to embrace life to make it meaningful for yourself and those around you.

You love working as part of a team and being supportive to your colleagues as well as your residents and their families.  Most importantly, you’ll feel proud to be the Head Housekeeper of the home.  We are so proud of our teams, and we will help you feel proud of the work you do too by sharing successes and welcoming you into our #OneFamily.

About The Company

Our ambition is simple. Together, by demonstrating our caring natures, supporting each other and being proud of what we do, we aim to create smiles every day.

Our structure at Avery Healthcare is unique to other care settings.  There is no big hierarchy or difficulties in speaking to management.  You will find the Avery business leaders in the homes at the forefront of care, and fully accessible at all times.   We truly are proud of who we are, and we act as #OneFamily.  If you’d like a career in care and would like to be an important part of our #OneFamily, apply today.

This Post will Require

Enhanced DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

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Salary

£14 per hour