Domestic Assistant at The Martlets

Shaw healthcare is looking for a Domestic Assistant who is ready to make a positive impact at The Martlets, an 80-bedded nursing care home located in East Preston, West Sussex, England. The purpose-built service provides residential and nursing care for older people with physical frailty, and for older people living with dementia.

Why Work at Shaw Healthcare?

• We operate using employee-ownership principles and are the Employee-Owned Business of the Year 2024.
• We are dedicated to ensuring our employees have a wide range of development options including NVQ qualifications and our Leadership Programme, as well as in-house training on a diverse range of topics.
• We take pride in acknowledging the hard work and dedication of our employees through celebrations such as our annual Star Awards event, long-service awards, Employee of the Month and Service of the Month.
• We are committed to ensuring that all employees have a say in shaping our workplace by appointing dedicated employee representatives and conducting annual employee surveys.

Job Responsibilities

This is an excellent opportunity to join our dementia and residential home as part of our busy domestic team. You will work as part of a great team to help maintain a clean, safe and welcoming environment for our residents. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Clean and sanitize rooms including furnishings in assigned work areas.
• The ability to maintain high standards of cleanliness and tidiness of the service and laundry causing minimal disruption to our service users and their care.
• Be able to communicate and engage effectively with our service users, their families and colleagues; good interpersonal and working relationship skills are essential.
• Will need to demonstrate the ability to work without direct supervision.
• You will use a variety of cleaning products paying particular attention to COSHH regulated products.
• You will have the ability to work on your own initiative and be able to maintain a high level of hygiene within the home.

Benefits

• Excellent Career Opportunities.
• Care Qualifications.
• 76% Employee Owned - our employees have received over £1850 each in tax free bonuses to date!
• Refer a Friend bonus scheme (earn up to £1000 for each referral by you).
• Paid annual leave 28 days per year (based on hours) inclusive of bank holidays.
• Company Sick Pay.
• Enhanced pay rates for bank holidays.
• Free Uniform.
• Death in service payment *subject to criteria.
• GP online - providing around the clock GP consultation via an interactive app.
• Discounted Homemade Meals while on Shift.
• Pension scheme.
• Colleague discounts - Access to over 1600 high street discounts including carefully selected discount partners.
• Holiday discounts.
• Outstanding recognition schemes such as Shaw Star Awards and Long Service Awards.
• Online benefits and cashback rewards.
• Our support to your Wellbeing includes free of charge access to an independent and confidential Employee Assistance Programme, providing 24/7 support for a whole range of issues including physical, mental and financial issues.

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can truly make a difference? Apply now!