Laundry Assistant

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Job Description:

** Laundry Assistant
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* Location:

** Fountains Lodge Care Home, 13–17 London Road, Southborough, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 0RJ

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* Contract:

** Permanent – Part Time
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* Hours:

** 25 hours per week covering days. Flexibility is essential.
** Salary:** £13.30 - £14.30 per hour depending on experience
** CQC rating:
** Good
* * rating:
** 9.8 / 10

Fountains Lodge provides personalised nursing and residential care to people living with cognitive impairments, including dementia care. The purpose built home in Tunbridge Wells offers short stays too (including palliative care), to help both carers and their loved ones at times when they need a break or a little extra support.
All bedrooms are tastefully decorated and offer en suite facilities, while some come with patio doors providing direct garden access. It also has a suite suitable for couples.
The home has its own café as well as lounges and private dining areas for family and friends to come and enjoy when visiting their loved ones or celebrating a birthday or anniversary together.
Situated in Southborough, the home is a few minutes from all its amenities – shops, cafes, restaurants and pubs, and has good transport and road links, making it ideally located for visiting family and friends.
Staff take great care to focus on the person. Its important for residents to feel at home, so it creates a friendly environment with an individually appropriate balance of care and independence.
There’s a real sense of community at the home. The staff work to discover what residents enjoy doing and the home's social calendar is organised around those interests. So whether your loved one already has a hobby or would like to take up a new one, there are lots of exciting activities to get involved in.
** 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. Our Laundry Assistants have a passion for keeping things clean and a heart for helping others. They believe that a clean and comfortable environment is essential for the well-being of our residents.

Our care home is more than just a place to live; it's a community where every detail matters, and every team member makes a difference.
** You’ll help us make health happen by:
*** Always maintaining high standards of laundry within our home.
* Keeping our resident's looking and feeling great; you will be responsible for washing, drying, ironing and repairing items of clothing as needed.
* Maintaining linen stocks for day to day use around the home, you'll raise any issues to the Senior Housekeeper 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.
** Benefits
* * 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.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
* My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support
* Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the…