Housekeeping Assistant

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**Heol Don Care Home, Whitchurch, Cardiff, CF14 2AU**

It’s the small things that often make the biggest difference. At Bupa Care Homes, we know it's our privilege to care for people - supporting them to live with dignity and independence. Right now, we’re looking for a caring and organised individual to join us as a Housekeeping Assistant at Heol Don Care Home in Cardiff to help us be the positive difference to our resident’s lives.

**Working hours and salary**

£10.10 - 11.10 per hour

**_Full time/part time and bank contracts available._**

**_Flexible working opportunities: From term time only, to set days/hours per week - we can offer a range of shift patterns that best fit around your lifestyle. Just let us know what hours you want, and we’ll work with you to make sure you get the shift patterns that you’re looking for._**

**What your typical day involves**- You’ll be responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness within the home, working closely with our other housekeeping and maintenance staff-
- Always ensuring our residents are kept happy, you will vacuum, mop floors, polish and generally ensure the up-keep of all communal areas and our resident’s bedrooms-
- You’ll maintain housekeeping stocks for day to day use and raise any issues to the Housekeeping Supervisor as you go**Who we’re looking for**

You take pride in ensuring your work is always completed to a high standard and can maintain an organised environment. Often managing multiple requests at once, you’ll be comfortable multitasking and where necessary, working with other teams to ensure our residents are kept happy in their home.

**What’s in it for you?**- Comprehensive induction, on-going training and development, access to internal apprenticeship schemes-
- Your DBS Check (£44) paid for-
- Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that offers you the choice to be in control of when you access your earnings*-
- NEST workplace pension, life assurance & bereavement support-
- 28 days annual leave (inclusive of statutory bank holidays)-
- Hot meal provided (depending on working hours)-
- Refer a friend bonus scheme-
- Uniform provided-
- Health & wellbeing tools; including Be Me App, Healthy Minds, Gym Pass & discounted health assessments-
- Shopping Discounts (via Xexec)-
- Cash plan (after 18 months’ service) giving you the ability to claim on more everyday items such as dental, optical and private prescriptions-
- Free flu vaccine- Only available to permanent employees where HealthRoster is used.

**About our home**

Set in Cardiff, near the popular and trendy Whitchurch Village, Heol Don provides 3 different categories of care, Dementia Residential Care for those living with early onset Dementia, General Residential Care for those unable to maintain their own independence at home and General Nursing Care for those who have 24 hour nursing needs. The home has a real family feel, where the team are passionate about providing person centred care, championing dignity and independence - organising a wide variety of activities meaning there's no typical day here. As part of the team, you're supported from day one to learn, develop and encouraged to progress.

**Who we are**
- As a leading healthcare group, we run care homes and retirement villages in the health and social care sector, health centres, dental centres and hospitals all over the world. As well as providing insurance to over 16 million people. We’re a big company but no matter what business area you’re in, our purpose is simple - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.
- And we have belief in you to help us achieve it.
- Want to know more? Check us out on Facebook and Twitter by searching for Bupa UK Careers.
- Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world._

Work Locations Heol Don Heol Don Whitchurch Cardiff CF14 2AU

Unposting Date Ongoing

Salary Amount 10.10 - 11.10