Housekeeper

Service Name: St Audreys

Location: St Audreys, Church Street, Old Hatfield, Herts. AL9 5AR

Salary: £11.44 per hour

Hours: 17.5 Hours PW

Do you want to make a positive difference to people’s lives, enabling them to gain greater independence and improve their well-being? If the answer is yes, read on!

Who are Ambient Support?

Ambient Support, a registered UK charity with over 25 years’ experience in providing care and support services for older people, people with a mental health needs and people with learning disabilities.

St Audrey’s is a beautiful 19th Century Manor house which forms part of the Hatfield House Estate. It is an intimate Residential Care Home able to provide care and support to 38 residents. St Audrey’s provides a friendly, supportive and welcoming home from home environment offering regular activities and organised events.

Our Housekeeper duties will consist of:

• Ensuring correct infection control is maintained.
• Use, store and service all machinery, appliances and equipment as instructed by the Home Manager
• Responsible for making sure all assigned areas of the home are clean, tidy, and neat, including communal areas as well as service user rooms/flats. This will include vacuuming, changing beds and cleaning bedrooms, bathrooms, toilets, and lounges, as well as other duties as directed.
• To ensure that the cleaning and domestic services are responsive to the needs of the residents and do not infringe upon their privacy.
• To assist in the preparation and serving of all meals and to ensure that the catering service is responsive to the needs of those receiving meals, (if required)
• To respect the confidential nature of personal information
• To use and store all cleaning materials and domestic supplies in accordance with COSHH regulations so that waste is minimised, materials and supplies can be accounted for, and accidents are avoided.

Our Housekeeper needs:

• Capability of undertaking manual handling tasks as a core requirement
• Basic literacy & numeracy
• Ability to work flexibly, responding to the needs of the service, ensuring that the home has staff cover, 365 days of the year.
• Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of the importance of confidentiality.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Health & Safety regulations including COSHH and ow it relates to the nature of the post applied for

Becoming part of the Ambient family brings benefits too!

• Flexible working, enabling work-life balance.
• National Living Wage paid regardless of age, including under 25s.
• Training and development
• 'Refer a Friend’ bonus scheme.
• 'Season Ticket’ loan & 'Bike to Work’ scheme.
• Paid holiday with minimum of 28 days holiday, including BH (pro-rata for part time staff)
• Membership of Health Service Discounts scheme
• Free access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme

Do you want to take your first steps towards a new rewarding career? If the answer is yes, then we’d love to hear from you.

We positively welcome diversity of background, ethnicity, skills, talents, and contributions from everyone.

We are committed to Safeguarding. An Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this post. References will be obtained for all roles.