housekeeper - Laundry

As part of our Housekeeping team your shifts will be either be Laundry or Domestic duties on a rota basis. While undertaking laundry you are required to ensure the provision of prepared household linen and resident's personal clothing at all times. When undertaking domestic duties you will be responsible for maintaining the highest levels of cleanliness in all areas within the Home. Your duties and responsibilities will include:
Laundry:

• Ensuring the cleanliness, maintenance and serviceability of all laundry equipment.


• Ensuring the completion of necessary safety checks on laundry equipment in accordance with the appropriate schedule.


• Providing used laundry collection bags.


• Collecting used 'dirty' laundry throughout the day for the purpose of laundering.


• Laundering of items in appropriate categories, in accordance with accepted laundry methods.


• Drying of laundered items.


• Pressing of laundered, dried items.


• Sorting of processed items into appropriate categories, ie, bed linen, clothing.


• Sorting resident's clothing to ensure provision of personal items to the appropriate individual.


• Ensure that personal items are appropriately 'marked' using the home's accepted method, nominating the individual's key-worker as appropriate.


• Deliver and put-away, resident's personal items.


• Notify resident's key-worker when items are no-longer serviceable.


• Maintain a receptacle for placement of unidentified items.


• Ensure the tidy storage of household linen.


• Notify the Administrator of the need for replacement household linen.


• Ensure an adequate stock of cleaning products appropriate to the function of the laundry.


Cleaning:

• Ensuring bedrooms, corridor and public areas are kept clean and tidy to the required standard.


• Daily Cleaning:

o Emptying waste bins and wiping out.
o Vacuuming and mopping throughout.
o Shaking out cushions.
o Cleaning dining rooms / lounges / lavatories.
o Cleaning taps and sinks.
o Cleaning soap dishes.
o Cleaning toothbrush holders.
o Spot cleaning all flooring.

• Weekly Cleaning:

o Polishing all mirrors.
o Cleaning all pipe-work in lavatories.
o Dusting handrails and radiators.
o Moving all mobile furniture (including beds and chairs) and vacuuming and dusting beneath / behind.
o Washing out wastepaper bins.
o Dusting and polishing furniture and windowsills.
o Washing lino floors.
o Shampooing carpets as requested by Shift Leader/Managers.
o Dusting pictures.
o Dusting curtain rails.
o Dusting light bulbs and fittings.

• Re-stocking towels etc. as required.


• Efficient and economical use of supplies provided.


• Assisting with Laundry duties when directed including standing-in when laundry assistant is absent.


• Keeping storage areas clean and tidy and stocked at all times.


Communication:

• Participating in Staff and Client meetings as directed.

Training & Development:

• Attending mandatory training days / courses, on or off site, as and when necessary.


• Maintaining knowledge and competence.

Health & Safety:

• Adhere to the Disposal of Waste policy.


• Making certain that chemicals / equipment are used and stored correctly and safety procedures adhered to at all times in accordance with COSHH regulations.


• Reporting immediately to the Home Manager, or Person in Charge, any illness of an infectious nature or accident incurred by a Client, colleague, self or another.


• Understanding and ensuring the implementation of the Home's Health and Safety, Infection Control and Hygiene policies, and Emergency and Fire procedures.


• Reporting to the Home Manager, or the Handyperson, any faulty appliances, damaged furniture, equipment or any potential hazard.


• Promoting safe working practice in the Home.

General:

• Contributing to the safeguarding of adults by ensuring you are aware of your role in relation to the Home's Safeguarding Adult's Policy, taking steps to protects Residents from any form of abuse or neglect and use the appropriate reporting mechanisms to inform the Home's Management of any concerns.


• Adhering to all Local and Central Government initiatives as they are implemented or adjusted.


• Promoting and ensuring the good reputation of the Home at all times.


• Ensuring that all information of confidential nature gained in the course of duty is not divulged to third parties.


• Notifying the Shift Leader or Deputy Manager, as soon as possible, of your inability to report for duty and also, on your return to work from all periods of absence.


• Ensuring the security of the Home is maintained at all times.


• Adhering to all Company policies and procedures within the defined timescales.


• Ensuring all equipment is clean and well maintained.


• Carrying out any other tasks that may be reasonably assigned to you.


Hours of work: As stated in contract of employment.

This job description is not exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other appropriate duties and projects from time to time. All post holders will be offered appropriate induction and on-going training to ensure that they are able to perform their duties safely.

Disclosure and Barring (DBS) Enhanced Check
This Post requires Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Check and as such is exempt from The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.
This check will also include Enquiry is also made to the Independent Safeguarding Authority to ensure that no adverse record is held in relation to the applicant having been involved in the abuse of Vulnerable Adults.


• Team player


• Good communication skills


• Diploma Level 1 / 2 Cleaning and Support Services


• Knowledge of infection and hygiene procedures, health and safety and COSHH regulations

Desired:

• Care for the Elderly experience


• Understanding of colour coding in cleaning