Head Housekeeper

Job summary

The Head Housekeeper role at Avery Healthcare's Adelaide Care Home in Bexleyheath, Kent involves overseeing the housekeeping and laundry cleaning services to ensure a high-quality care service for residents. The successful candidate will have experience in cleaning and managing laundry in a public setting, knowledge of health and safety, and the ability to lead and develop a team.

Main duties of the job

As the Head Housekeeper, you will be responsible for carrying out all cleaning duties, preparing orders for cleaning materials, monitoring standards of work, and supervising the housekeeping and laundry team. You will need to demonstrate compassion, commitment to high-quality service, and the ability to lead and develop your team.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the largest providers of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, with a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together' through exceptional care and experience for both residents and employees.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

At Avery Healthcare, we believe in caring for those who care for our recognise and celebrate our hard-working colleagues, supporting your career development by offering a variety of apprenticeships, and provide you with access to a range of leisure and retail discounts.

We are now seeking a compassionate, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our friendly, award-winning team as Head Housekeeper.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your focus as Head Housekeeper will be to oversee the housekeeping and laundry cleaning service in support of the hospitality services function to ensure a high-quality and comprehensive care service is delivered to residents.

Other responsibilities will include:

Carrying out all cleaning duties as per the housekeeping job description. Preparing orders for Home Manager approval for all cleaning materials with approved suppliers whilst complying with procedures to maintain appropriate stock levels and control and ensuring good quality products are purchased within agreed budget limits. Monitoring standards of work of the housekeeping and laundry team to always maintain high cleanliness standards. Supervising and directing the work of the housekeeping team, providing instruction and demonstration to new staff on cleaning tasks and materials.

ABOUT YOU

To succeed in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all you do.

Our ideal candidate must have:

Experience in cleaning and managing laundry in a public setting. Knowledge of health and safety, particularly moving and handling techniques, fire safety, and COSHH assessments. Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of high-quality housekeeping/laundry service to residents. Demonstrate the ability to lead, supervise and develop teams.

ABOUT AVERY

As one of the largest providers of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, we believe that the later years of our residents' lives should be as enriching as any vision of creating meaningful lives together is achieved by the exceptional care and experience we proudly offer throughout our growing portfolio of over 100 care homes while establishing ourselves as the preferred choice for residents and employees.

Please note this role will require:

A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare. Proof of eligibility to work in the UK. This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline, depending on the volume of applications received and business needs. Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Experience in cleaning and managing laundry in a public setting, knowledge of health and safety, and the ability to lead and develop teams.

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