Job Description

Job Title:

Housekeeper

Location: Icknield Court, Princes Risborough

Hours: 35 hours per week. Hours will be 9am - 4pm, including alternative weekends.

Pay:

12.45 per hour

Are you interested in working for a charity that has been changing the lives of older people and those with learning disabilities and dementia for over 25 years?

We'd love to hear from you!

The Fremantle Trust have an opportunity for a Housekeeper to join our team, based at our care home in

Princes Risborough

. We are looking for an experienced individual that has worked within a residential care home setting. The post holder must be able to demonstrate a proven track record of supervising and managing a team of housekeeping staff. They must also have commercial awareness and understand the importance of working within costs & departmental budgets.

Our Housekeepers must be able to demonstrate how they have delivered a high standard housekeeping within a home, be able to multitask and prioritise tasks and activities according to the needs of the residents and home.

Icknield Court care home in Princes Risborough, provides specialist residential care for older people, including those living with dementia, and respite care, in a comfortable and welcoming environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Organise and allocate workload to all Household Assistants (General, Kitchen and Laundry). Oversee and monitor cleaning regimes throughout the service, including cleaning, distribution of laundry and repair of the people who use Fremantle's services own items and the home's various items of fabric and linen, ensuring all tasks are carried out at appropriate intervals and to a high standard in accordance with the Infection Control Policy. Devise and manage appropriate stock control procedures for all cleaning materials and with regard to the COSHH policy. Assist the Service Manager in carrying out daily and weekly maintenance tasks e.g. fire equipment testing. Assist the Service Manager with recruitment and selection of staff within the team, to ensure that appropriate staff are recruited to the team. Ensure that domestic staff maintain high standards in their duties throughout the home, and take remedial action where required. Implement Fremantle's Performance Development and Support Policy and ensure that all staff receive comprehensive induction, probationary period, performance and development reviews, key sessions and participate in the in- house staff development programme. Ensure effective deployment of staffing resources by planning housekeeping rotas and ensuring adherence to them. Manage delegated budgets effectively and ensure the efficient use of resources. Ensure that day-to-day tasks and routines are carried out to contribute to the smooth running of the service as a whole.

Data Protection

The post holder must always respect the confidentiality of information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act. This includes, if required to do so, obtain, process and/or use information held on a computer in a fair and lawful way, to hold data only for the specified registered purposes and to use or disclose data only to authorised persons or organisations as instructed.

The Fremantle Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation or age.

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Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 12.45 per hour

Benefits:

Company events Company pension Free parking On-site parking Referral programme Sick pay
Schedule:

10 hour shift 8 hour shift Day shift Monday to Friday Weekend availability
Application question(s):

Do you currently hold a skilled worker Visa?
Work Location: In person