Domestic Operative

We are looking for a Domestic Operative to join our adult service. This job involves ensuring all residential accommodation, offices, and communal areas are clean, safe, and provide a pleasant environment for people to live and work in, whilst complying with all relevant Health and Safety legislation.The role may also include working in the central laundry to ensure people’s items are laundered in a timely manner and in line with all relevant Health and Safety legislation.

While Operatives will work at a main site, work around the Group may be required.

In this role, you will ensure that the environment is kept at a high standard of hygiene and cleanliness for the people we support. You will do this by: ensuring records are completed clearly and promptly, following agreed work schedules, and working to standards including relevant Health and Safety legislation. You and your colleagues will work as a team to ensure the needs of the people we support are met. You will also avoid waste of materials and equipment so that resources can be allocated to more important needs. You should be suitably qualified and trained, follow best practices, and have a commitment to learning.

Because you will be working where the people we support live, you must take extra care with cleaning materials and equipment, ensuring they cannot be accessed by others.

The shift pattern for this role can be discussed at interview.

The successful candidates must have good knowledge of general health and safety regulations, such as Health and Safety at Work, COSHH, Food Safety, and Infection Control. Experience in using cleaning equipment and materials in care settings where safety is paramount is essential.

You should have experience with general cleaning tasks and using equipment and materials safely to prevent harm to others.

You must be able to follow schedules, produce high-quality work, and maintain positive relationships with people and staff in a busy environment. Good communication skills, a welcoming attitude towards visitors, and the ability to suggest improvements are also important.

Maintaining confidentiality at all times is vital in this role.

We provide community-based residential care for adults with complex needs, including behaviors that may challenge and learning disabilities, often in conjunction with autism.

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Diversity, equality, and inclusion are priorities for us. We aim for all colleagues to feel valued and respected, building an inclusive culture that supports people from all backgrounds and communities. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and celebrate diversity, including ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, age, socioeconomic status, family or parental status, beliefs, and religions. We believe that drawing on diverse perspectives helps us provide the best care, education, and vocational opportunities for young people and adults with learning disabilities.