Relief Housekeeping Assistant
Team: Allison House Residential Home
Job Family: Providing - CBG2
Salary: £24,413 per annum pro rata or £12.66 per hour
Hours: 0 hours per week as required by the service - this may include weekends and bank holidays, which are subject to enhancements
Location: Allison House Residential Home, Swan Lane, Sandy, SG19 1NE
Contract Type: Fixed - Relief
Closing Date: Rolling advert to 1st November 2025 - Please note we reserve to the right to close this vacancy early if we recieve sufficent applications
Interview Date: TBC, applications reviewed and interviews arranaged accordingly
About the role
We feel every individual in our care home should receive care that is as individual as they are and to be of the highest standard. By giving older people a good quality of life, we’re making Central Bedfordshire a great place to live for all. As a Housekeeper & Laundry Assistant, you’ll be working directly with our residents at Allison House. You’ll find your greatness as you make sure vulnerable people are safe, well and happy
This is an important role – and you’ll receive our full support including a full training programme and induction. You’ll help with cleaning across the home environment and ensuring laundry is washed and finished to put away to a high standard. The key is to consider each person’s own space and how they like their room and possessions to be kept/displayed. Every resident is different, and you must respect their individuality. It’s all about creating a friendly, supportive environment – one where people are independent and free to make their own choices.
As the housekeeper / Laundry assistant you will be responsible for:
• Ensuring the Laundry of resident’s clothes, bedding and linen are laundered to high standard to prevent infection
• To ensure all laundered clothes are put away in the correct residents’ rooms and in the correct place
• To ensure all laundered Linen to put in the linen cupboard and that the linen cupboard is kept clean and tidy
• To ensure that the all laundry is washed in accordance with Health and safety standards and infection control procedures
• To ensure that all area of the home including furniture are cleaned to a high standard to prevent infection
• To ensure that all statutory Health and Safety standards are met when cleaning resident’s bedrooms, kitchenettes and all communal areas including toilets, bathrooms and sluices.
• To restock products in throughout the home, in resident’s bedrooms, kitchenettes and all communal areas including toilets, bathrooms and sluices
Ideally, you’ll have worked with elderly people before, including those with dementia or physical disabilities. However, we’re also interested in people with a naturally caring attitude who are flexible and reliable. It’s important you can work as part of a team and keep accurate records. Above all, you must be people-focused and enjoy working with our residents.
Join us, and you will have the chance to build your skills with high quality training. Even better, you’ll find your greatness by taking care of older people and enhancing their wellbeing.
Central Bedfordshire Council has its own vision and values that are integral to everything we do. Our area vision is to make Central Bedfordshire ‘A great place to live and work'.
We have 12 assigned values - Respect, Individuality, Simplicity, Inclusivity, Perseverance, Timeliness, Transparency, Honesty, Courage, Having Fun, Humility and Kindness.
Our Offer
We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page
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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.
Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.
For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Geraldine Smith at Geraldine.Smith@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 4415
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Safeguarding:
Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.
Our National Careers Service team offer a free weekly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours. Please book your place here.
More information about this service can be found here: Support getting into work or learning | Central Bedfordshire Council