Housekeeping Assistant

Housekeeping Assistant

Location:

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

Salary: £12.60 - £13.60 per hour depending on experience

Hours:

33 hours per week

Contract:

Permanent

rating: 9.5

About Heol Don Care Home:
Heol Don is a modern purpose-built facility, ideal for a wide range of short or long term requirements for residential, respite, palliative care, and dementia care needs for the elderly.

Heol Don offers first-class accommodation and facilities including sensory gardens, a hair salon and even an on-site cinema. All bedrooms have ensuite facilities and are equipped with ergonomically designed furniture to provide a comfortable and safe environment. The interior has been carefully designed to enhance care practice and homely comforts, with a wheelchair-friendly vision and support for personal interests. Nutritious meals are prepared by trained chefs and there is even a night-bite menu for any late snacks and drinks.

All dietary preferences and tastes are catered for. Residents can enjoy a variety of engaging activities and outings to places of local interest. The staff work to discover what residents enjoy doing and the home's social calendar is organised around those interests.

We make health happen Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.

Housekeeping Assistants have a knack for tidying up and a passion for helping others. They make a real difference every day by creating a warm and welcoming environment for our residents.

Our care home is a place where every detail counts, and our team work together to ensure our residents feel right at home.

• 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

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
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.

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

• My Healthcare
  - Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support – all available via one phone number 24/7 Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
• Free meal on every shift
• 28 days holiday
• Long service
  - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
• Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
• Wagestream
  - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
• Parental leave
  - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents
  -find out more on our career site
• Menopause Plan
  - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

Time Type:
Full time

Job Area:
Care Home
- Facilities & Home Support

Locations:
Heol Don

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