Housekeeper / Laundry Assistant

Adept Care homes provide residential care and residential dementia care in our family-run, Midlands-based care homes. We help our residents to lead enriched, happy, and fulfilled lives, supported by a friendly, caring team.

We are recruiting a Housekeeper / Laundry Assistant at Douglas Court Care Home. You will be joining the team at Douglas Court a lovely purpose built 43 bed quality residential home for dementia in Ivy Square, Derby..

As our Housekeeper, you will take great pride in ensuring all standards of cleanliness, infection prevention and laundry are of an exceptional standard. The home is looking for a team member to focus their attention to the finer detail and keeping our residents’ home thoroughly clean. Your responsibilities will include vacuuming, cleaning bathrooms, polishing, deep cleans and ensure that there is an adequate supply of clean linen, towels and residents' personal clothing.

Our Housekeepers enjoy their work, talking to residents, learning about them and upholding our Adept family values by being kind, taking ownership and communicating well.

You will be given a thorough induction into your role via one of our experienced mentors, while receiving both online and face to face training during this time and throughout your career at Adept Care. Our dedicated Training Manager and Dementia Manager are happy to arrange or support with any additional training you feel you may need to ensure you are supported in reaching your full potential while fulfilling your career ambitions.

We are recruiting a Housekeeper;

• Pay of £12 Hour
• 22 hours per week
• Alternate Weekend Work Required
  
  

What we can offer;

• Excellent rates of pay
• Training and career development
• 5.6 weeks holidays
• Free Uniform & DBS provided
• Onsite car parking and close to local transport links
• Friendly working environment in a purpose-built luxury home
• Refer a friend scheme worth £250 (per referral)
• Opportunity to take part in exciting trips and activities with our residents
  
  

Plus, our Bespoke Benefits package:

• Pay Day Advance (Interest free loans up to £2,000 repayable up to 20 months)
• Enjoy personalised offers and discounts at 1000’s of big-name brands of your choice
• Enjoy savings on your weekly/monthly shopping
• Access to Free Health & Wellbeing programs, as well as the Employee Assistance Program
• Sky TV Discounts
• Broadband deals
• Instore/Online discounts and gift cards at hundreds of participating retailers
• Access to a Private GP
• Cycle2Work scheme and many more
  
  

What we are looking for;

• Previous Housekeeping experience (desirable)
• Good literacy, numeracy and communication skills
• Positive and caring attitude (essential)
• Attention to detail (essential)
  
  

At Adept Care Homes, our dedicated and enthusiastic team welcome people who are motivated by making a difference to our resident’s lives. Our family-run business values aptitude as much as qualifications when recruiting.

All our homes are now registered for the Concert for Carers Scheme, where you can enter ballots to win free tickets to events such as comedy shows & music gigs.

If you feel you are the right person for our Housekeeper position and want to join our team, apply now!

Adept Care Homes, a superb place to live or work.