Head Housekeeper

Contract type:
Permanent,Full Time(35hours per week)

Friends of the Elderly (FotE) is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to providing excellent care with a family feel, we have been supporting older people for over
120years. The charity provides care home and day care services for older people, as well as grants for older people in financial difficulty.

Friends Place, Calcotismore than just a care home
-It’savibrant, welcoming community designed to provide exceptional residential, dementia, and respite care.

Run by Friends of the Elderly,wherewe pride ourselves on delivering personalised, compassionate care ina state-of-the-art facility.

Located in the heart of Calcot, Reading, our home features a cinema, a salon, atea roomand a vibrant bar designed to create a warm and homely environment where residents feel safe, valued, and supported.

Asour homegrowswe have an opportunity foro Head Housekeeper to join us.

Joining us as a Head Housekeeper, you will keep high standards of hygiene in all areas and follow our cleanliness and infection control policies as well as supervise the team to ensure they are also compliant. You will coordinate and supervise a team of housekeeping/laundry staff and allocate their daily work schedules, to ensure that the home is cleaned and maintained to a high standard and the laundry service runs smoothly.

You will be responsible for training the team and also managing and ordering cleaning materials.

Self-motivated and resilient, a team player who is willing to go the extra mile, you will take pride in your work ensuring residents are at the heart of our service.

Knowledge of COSHH and Health & Safety would be beneficial. You will be a champion of our values and be able to supervise your peers and use your initiative.

You will have worked in a domestic role previously and have experience in a care setting, ideally in a senior position supervising staff.

This is a unique opportunity to shape the culture and success ofour newest care home, leaving a lasting impact on residents’ lives and the community.

• Group Pension Plan, with a 6% contribution from us.
• Generous annual leave.
• Wellbeing support through various initiatives, includinganassistanceprogrammeofferingcoaching and counselling support.
• Learning, development, and progression opportunities.
• Retail discounts to make your salary go further.
• Access to loans at affordable rates, saving directly from salary and advance pay already earned.
• Health cash plans for you and your family.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Long service awards that increase with length of service.
• Refer a friend to work for us and receive a £200 bonus.
• Evening, weekend, and bank holiday enhancements to pay.
• Uniforms are provided
• Free DBS checks.

Keeping everyone safe is one of the charity’score values, andis central to everything we do at Friends of the Elderly. All staff follow our Safeguarding Policy & Procedures and, if they see or suspect abuse, we expect staff to report it straight away.

As this role involves a regulated activity, successful applicants will undertake an enhanced DBS check, with barred lists check, and any offer of employment will be dependent on a satisfactory outcome.

Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a person from working for us, this will depend on the circumstances and background of any record.

Friends of the Elderly strives to treat all staff equally and be a diverse and inclusive workplace, where everyone can be themselves and everyone accepts each other’s differences. A charity where everyone is equal but definitely…