Domestic Assistant

Hours:20

Salary:£12.80 to £12.80

Annum

The role of the Domestic Assistant is to undertakea range of cleaning duties to a high standard throughout the home.

• Maintaining a high standard of cleanliness throughout the home, especially within the kitchen and storage areas
• Ensuring all work surfaces and floor areas are clean and managed
• Hoovering, washing, polishing  all areas,including the residents'bedrooms, bathroomsandcommunal areas
• Identifying future regular cleaning and maintenance needs
• Identifying future resources and equipment needed for the home
• Operating within all Company policies and procedures
• Demonstrating our values
• Getting to know the people we support and enabling them to live a safe, happy and fulfilling life through developing open, honest and considerate relationships

• Organised and willing to learn
• A committed and enthusiastic approach
• An ability to maintain the required quality of service
• A can-do attitude
• Satisfactory written and verbal communication skills

• Holiday entitlement - starting from 28 days inclusive of Bank Holidays
• Sick pay entitlement
• Employee Assistance Programme - comprehensive health and wellbeing support for staff
• Refer a friend scheme - enjoy a payment of £500 when you recruit a friend to Choice Care
• Choiceversary - staff receive vouchers of £75 after 5 years, £100 after 10 years and £150 after 15 years to celebrate their commitment to Choice Care
• Christmas bonus - vouchers for all staff members
• Life insurance
• Annual staff awards - this year each winner received £400 and we had over 30 winners in total
• Complex in-house training - this includes our Advanced Management Development Programme for managers in the making and our Foundation Management Development Programme for rising stars
• A paid day off onyour birthday
• Free monthly prize draw - all frontlinecare colleagues are automatically entered into a monthly prize draw. Three winners, selected randomly, receive £500 each, tax-free
• Blue Light Card eligibility
• Reclaim prescription costs for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and access free feminine hygiene products whilst on shift
• Stream– a financial wellbeing app that enables you to: track your earnings; save withhigh-street beating interest rates; choose to access your earnings ahead of pay day with flexible pay; receive discounts with hundreds of retailers;learn with financial coaching and education, and much more

* minimum service periods applicable to some benefits

Choice Care is one of the UK’s leading residential care providers for people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health conditions. With over 30years’ experience, we’re at the foreground of national best practice, with among the
highest CQC ratings
of any comparable organisation.

Our homes are more than just a place to live, they’re like a second family for everyone we support. Each home is a close-knit community, with its own unique personality, and all the ups and downs of typical family life, built on trust and the promise of unconditional care. Our colleagues build close bonds with the people they care for, helping to create enduring, positive relationships that build confidence and self-esteem.

In every Choice Care home there’s a strong emphasis on living life to the full and having fun, with purposeful daily activities based on individual preferences and capabilities. Alongside this there are regular social events, projects, outings and holiday breaks which everyone can get involved in and express themselves through.

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