Careers at Oakwood Court care home in Haywards Heath

Job Description

*£500 NEW STARTER BONUS AVAILABLE

If you’re looking for job satisfaction, to be part of a friendly and supportive team at Oakwood Court care home in Haywards Heath, and to brighten people’s lives, look no further. You don’t need to have experience in working in a care home, we will train and support you from the very beginning. We offer a competitive salary, flexible hours, benefits and bonus schemes.

If you share our values;

• to put residents at the heart of everything you do;
• to care about what you do and the impact you have;
• to treat everyone with fairness, dignity, kindness and respect; and
• to make a difference together as one team...

…come and #CareWithUs. We are a Real Living Wage employer and we care about our people.

Main Responsibilities:

Cleaning responsibilities:

• Working in designated areas as prescribed on a rotating basis and as instructed by the Care Home Manager or Deputy Home Manager.
• Vacuuming and cleaning residents rooms, the corridors and all communal areas within the care home to a high standard.
• Ensuring the furniture, fittings including furniture, fabric, and equipment are also cleaned and maintained to a high standard.
• Being respectful of residents’ personal belongings and helping contribute to their upkeep / cleaning (e.g. furniture) and that any objects that are removed for cleaning are replaced in the same position.
• Ensuring the residents are safe whilst carrying out cleaning tasks.

Laundry responsibilities:

• • Collecting the residents’ personal laundry as per the rota in the morning and return to the residents the same day or informing residents of any outstanding laundry.
  • Ensuring that all clothes washed are dried correctly using the tumble dryer, ensuring that it is set at the correct temperature depending on the type of fabric.  
  • You will be responsible for ironing clothes and linen ensuring that that iron is set to the correct temperature and not left unattended
  • Collecting and sorting soiled linen into the correct categories ensuring that soiled items are not washed with unsoiled items.