Laundry Assistant

Location

Cambridgeshire | United Kingdom

Job description

About The Role

Join the team at Saxon Manor Care Home in Godmanchester as a Laundry Assistant and help the Head Housekeeper to provide a laundering service of the highest standards.   The home is looking for a team member like you who understands how important fresh clothes are to the well-being of our residents and how, for many, their clothing is an important part of their identity.  By providing an excellent cleaning, drying, ironing and return service you will be an important part of home life and a shining example of living Avery’s values of being Proud, Supportive and Caring.

Your Money - Great Team Players Need Great Rewards

• Up to £10.45 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 a Laundry Assistant, it is essential that you know your cottons from your wools, and your colours from your whites.  Most importantly, you will be a naturally caring character that always puts people first, shows kindness, warmth and respect at all times, and loves to help create a happy and clean home for those who live and work there.

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 feel proud to be a Laundry Assistant in Avery’s modern laundry facilities.  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.

Do not worry if you are new to cleaning in a professional environment.  As long as you know the basics of laundry requirements for different textiles, we will support and train you and encourage you on your career pathways as much or as little as you like.

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

£10.45 per hour