Domestic Assistant – Takely End Children’s Residential

Domestic Assistant - Takely End Children's Residential Home

Permanent,Part Time

£25,959 per annum (full time equivalent)

Location:

Basildon

Working Style:

Fixed-base worker

Join our brand-new children’s homes to help shape and empower brighter futures for our young people.

Are you looking to work in a brand-new children’s home that makes a positive, lasting difference to children’s lives? Are you compassionate, empathetic and resilient? If so, this opportunity could be perfect for you to start your career within a Social Care setting!

We are currently recruitment for a part-time Domestic Assistant for our new Children's Residential Home in Basildon. this is a part-time role working 18.5 hour per week. The pro rata salary will be £12,980 per annum. The working pattern can be discussed at interview stage.

• 26 days annual leave (full time equivalent)+ bank holidays + option to buy more
• Generous Local Government Pension Scheme Essex Pension Fund
• Essex Rewards– discounts at hundreds of retailers
• Lifeworks Health & Wellbeing Platform
• Up to 2 paid volunteering days(individual) +2 team volunteering days annually
• Ongoing learning and development to support your career journey

Children and Families is recognised as a service in which social work can develop and prosper, with a culture of collaboration, integrity and compassion; promoting the development and wellbeing of children, young people and their families; protecting them from neglect and abuse. Working together with partners delivering a range of early help, family support and effective social work interventions which build resilience, remove barriers and enable children and young people to look forward to a brighter future.

The Domestic Assistant contributes to the maintenance of laundry and kitchens within residential homes or family centres to ensure cleanliness and high standards of food hygiene for young people.

Utilising skills and experience in effective laundry management to maintain cleanliness in individual and family rooms, together with some kitchen experience will be an important element in undertaking this role.

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• Responsibility for ensuring all laundry duties within residential homes is undertaken efficiently and in a timely way.
• Contributes to kitchen efficiency by utilising equipment to ensure cleanliness of kitchen tools, crockery and pans are maintained to a high standard on a regular basis.
• Ensures family or visiting rooms remain tidy and clean throughout shifts, to ensure environment is welcoming to both residents and visitors.
• Undertakes kitchen and dining room duties which may incorporate basic food preparation to ensure hygiene and cleanliness maintained throughout residential homes or family centres.
• Undertakes laundry of items in residential homes to ensure standards of cleanliness are maintained.
• Contributes to cleaning and laundry duties to ensure they are delivered to a high quality.

• Educated to RQF level 2 (GCSE) or equivalent by experience.
• Evidence of Health and Safety experience and any relevant qualifications and evidence of training incorporating moving and handling of objects.
• Knowledge and experience of basic food hygiene.
• High standards of cleanliness.
• Understanding of working in a setting for young people who are receiving a period of residential care.
• Ability and experience of working on own initiative and a flexible attitude.
• Friendly demeanour, empathetic towards others.

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants must have a current, unrestricted right to work in the UK.

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