Laundry Assistant

Dovehaven Care Homes are Recruiting for a **Laundry Assistant** to join our team at **Cedar Garden, Tag Lane, Preston. **Shifts will be 5 hours a day working 4.30pm - 9.30pm**, 35hr contract available.**

**Cedar Garden** is a 30 bed dementia specialist, male only facility**. **Our aim is to ensure all our residents feel as comfortable as possible, our homes promote independence, dignity and respect through positive risk taking and empowerment.

**About the Role**:
As a Laundry you will be responsible for ensuring a clean safe environment is provided for our residents, visitors and staff and be an important part of the team that ensures residents in our care feel valued. Duties will include following a daily schedule, wash residents clothes, ironing, making beds, ensuring all clothes go back to the correct residents room and any other duties as required.

**About You**:
You will have a caring nature and a positive attitude, showing a desire to deliver the best possible standard of domestic and laundry service to the residents in our care. You will ideally have previous domestic experience and be committed to ensuring the highest levels of cleanliness, hygiene and appearance. You will be able to demonstrate compassion and empathy in your approach to older people and be a team player but able to work on your own initiative.

**Skills and Experience**:

- Caring and sensitive to the needs of others
- Committed to providing service excellence
- Able to communicate effectively
- Able to provide emotional and social support
- Committed to providing a high standard of care, promoting dignity and respect

**In return we offer**:

- Fortnightly pay
- Accrue Annual Leave as you work
- Free parking
- Cost of DBS Check
- Comprehensive induction
- On-going training and development with the Dovehaven Training Academy
- Uniform provided
- £200 refer a friend bonus

If you feel you have the right values for our family run Company, you will be supported by a programme of induction, training and development throughout your career with us.

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