Laundry Assistant

4 days ago

Cambridge, United Kingdom Buchan Healthcare Ltd - Excelcare Full time

**£500 welcome bonus**

We are looking for a **Laundry Assistant** to join our existing team at **Buchan Care Home in Cambridge **you will be part of a supportive and welcoming team providing physical, emotional, and social support to our residents. You will make a difference every day by engaging in meaningful activities with residents as well as promoting independence, choice, dignity and respect at all times. Delivering great care is central to everything we do.

Excelcare is a family-owned care home group established for over 32 years. We provide support to older people with a range of needs including dementia, physical disabilities and mental health issues. By joining us you will become one of the ‘family’ and in return for your dedication and hard work you can expect:

- £10.90 per hour
- Monday - Sunday. You will be required to work alternate weekends.

**Key duties are**:

- To manage the laundry procedures and put through required laundry, therefore preventing unnecessary build-up.
- To ensure that bundles of laundry are identified for the staff to load and unload into the washers and dryers.
- To be responsible for the maintenance of the laundry equipment and the daily de-fluffing of the dryers, reporting any defects to the Head of Home.
- To distribute clothes to clients’ rooms.
- To ensure the correct marking of clients’ clothes.
- To keep the laundry room clean and tidy and in a hygienic condition.
- To perform other such reasonable duties as may be required.
- To work in co-operation with the Head of Home in maintaining an efficient laundry service for all service users.
- To manage the laundry throughout under Health and Safety best practices, paying special attention to cross-infection.
- To identify and report and areas of malfunction or damage to equipment, in accordance with the company’s Maintenance reporting procedure.
- To maintain the general cleanliness of the laundry, through identified and agreed work schedules.
- To adhere to, and maintain the company’s policies and procedures.

**Required Experience**:
Applicants should have experience within a relevant role and be able to demonstrate knowledge of health and safety, or domestic duties ideally in a similar setting.

**Personal Qualities**:

- Excellent communication skills
- The ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Flexible and enthusiastic with a good sense of humour
- Good communication skills
- Politeness at all times when dealing with the people we care for as well as Colleagues

**What we offer in return for your hard work**:

- **£500 welcome bonus**:

- 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
- Free on-site parking*
- **Enhancement to pay on bank holidays**:

- Refer a Friend Scheme rewarding £300 for every person you refer
- DBS certificate paid by Excelcare*
- Comprehensive induction programme
- Funded qualifications via the apprenticeship programme (where required)
- Paid uniform
- Employee of the month - £100 for outstanding contribution
- Free learning and development*
- T’s and C’s apply

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