Head Housekeeper

Dovehaven Care Homes are recruiting for a Head Housekeeper to join our team at The Brunswick Care Home in Southport. 

You will be working 40 hours per week on a rota basis between the hours of - 7.30am - 4pm and alternate weekend availability is required,

About the Role:

The position of Housekeeper requires you to be the first point of contact within the home for all enquiries and work associated with our Domestic/Laundry function. You will supervise the Domestic/Laundry team and ensure the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene are always maintained in the home.

Your Duties and Responsibilities:

· To create and monitor cleaning schedules and duties within the home, sharing best practice and ensuring all duties are completed on time and to the highest possible standards.

· To conduct audit checks of duties completed within the home and address any issues with standards of work within the Domestic/Laundry Team.

· To act as Infection Prevention and Control Lead, taking responsibility for doing the utmost to work towards prevention and control of infection within the home.

· To supervise, instruct and provide help and guidance to the existing Domestic/Laundry Team and to oversee inductions for all new members of the team.

· To complete the weekly rota for the Domestic/Laundry Team.

· To oversee the economic purchasing and cleaning stock orders for the home, ensuring efficient stock control at all times.

· To ensure Health and Safety guidelines are adhered to in the home at all times, sharing best practice within the team and addressing and reporting any issues to the management team where necessary.

· Ensure confidentiality is maintained with sensitive information relating to our Service Users and home itself.

· To pass on any safeguarding observations/concerns relating to Service Users or conduct of the team in the home if necessary, to the management team.

· Ensure we provide a safe, clean, welcoming environment for all Service Users, their families and visitors to the home.

· Participate in team and resident’s families meetings as they are held in the home.

· Ensure you are polite and courteous at all times, respecting resident’s privacy and being respectful and obtaining permission when working with and around residents property.

· To maintain a homely and non-institutional environment as far as possible within the home’s safety protocols.

Your Skills and Experience:

· The ability to be compassionate and empathetic in your approach to caring for older people, either through previous roles in social care or in other roles.

· To be self-motivated, resilient and well-organised.

· To be dependable, able to work well under pressure and flexible to meet the needs of the residents and the Home.

In return we offer:

 ·Fortnightly pay.

· 28 days paid annual leave (pro rata).

· Free parking and Uniform.

· Cost of DBS Check paid for you.

· Comprehensive paid induction training and ongoing development through our training academy.

As part of our recruitment process you will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS check. Their code of conduct can be found on the following link that you can copy and post to your web browser if you wish to read:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-code-of-practice

If you feel you have the right values for our family run company, you will be supported by a programme of induction, training and development throughout your career with us.

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