Domestic Assistant

Roborough House- Plymouth, Devon- PL6 7BQ\\n\\nDomestic Assistant\\n\\n21 hours per Week\\n\\nAbout the role:\\n\\nIf you are a highly motivated individual who is able to work independently and as part of a team, and you have the required skills and experience, we would love to hear from you.\\n\\nThis is a fantastic opportunity to join a friendly and supportive team in a rewarding role. If you meet the requirements set out in the person specification below and are passionate about delivering high-quality Housekeeping support, please do not hesitate to apply.\\n\\nKey Criteria and Skills:\\n\\nKnowledge of COSHH\\nKnowledge of Electrical cleaning equipment\\nUnderstanding and demonstration of personal hygiene\\nGood Basic Literacy skills\\nGood communication skills\\nTeam worker\\nAble to use own initiative\\nPositive approach\\nAbility to assist service users with daily living skills\\nAbility to understand and maintain confidentiality in all aspects of the service\\nComfortable and confident to engage with service users, their families, carers and other professionals\\nExperience in a Domestic and Housekeeping role or environment\\nAbility to work weekends and flexibility to cover shifts at times to cover for periods of annual leave or sickness. \\n\\nGeneral Duties and Responsibilities (not exhaustive):\\n\\nGeneral cleaning of units across the service and working within the Laundry.\\nCleaning service users’ rooms and communal areas.\\nMopping, sweeping, dusting, hoovering, carpet cleaning.\\nWashing, drying, ironing and folding clothing and bed linens and putting these into service user bedrooms.\\nCompletion of documentation in relation to cleaning and occasional care related documentation if you have had significant interactions with service users.\\nStocking up communal areas.\\nReceiving and storing away of Housekeeping deliveries.\\n\\nBenefits:\\n\\nWe offer competitive rates of pay, along with an impressive benefits package including an employee assistance helpline, flexible additional holiday purchase scheme, childcare vouchers, stakeholder pension scheme and much more!\\n\\nHealth and Safety:\\n\\nAs an employee of CareTech Community Services Ltd, the post holder has a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, to:\\n\\nTake reasonable care of the health and safety of themselves and all other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work.\\n\\nCo-operate with their employer to ensure compliance with Health and Safety legislation and the Health and Safety policies and procedures of the organisation, not intentionally or recklessly interfere with, or misuse, anything provided in the interests of health, safety, or welfare, in pursuance of any of the relevant statutory provisions.\\n\\nData Protection:\\n\\nThe post holder must at all times respect the confidentiality of information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.  This includes, if required to do so, obtain, process and/or use information held on a computer in a fair and lawful way, to hold data only for the specified registered purposes and to use or disclose data only to authorised persons or organisations as instructed.\\n\\nThis list of duties and responsibilities is by not exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as reasonably required.\\n\\nThis job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification.\\n\\nDue to the nature of the role, we will pay for you to complete an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, prior to starting with us.\\n\\n* Some of our roles require male or female employees only, where this is indicated it is a genuine occupational requirement, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.\\n\\nCareTech Community Services are proud to advise that they are a Disability Confident Leader