Bank Laundry Assistant - Chesterfield, United Kingdom - The Green Care Group

The Green Care Group

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Chesterfield, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job description
Set back within beautiful, secluded gardens, the home enjoys a high degree of privacy from the hustle and bustle of the popular town of Hasland

Our staff here at Hasland strive to preserve and maintain the dignity, individuality and privacy of all residents. We also have a CQC rating of 'Good'.

Job Title:

Laundry Assistant

Reports to:

Housekeeper

Job Overview:
(Note - In addition to these functions, employees are required to carry out such duties as may reasonably be required)

To provide laundry services within the service in accordance with agreed standards, legislative requirements, relevant regulations and in line with accepted best practices.
Liaise with care staff and service users in a polite and personcentred way
To ensure that service users' clothing is clean, appropriately laundered and returned to the right service user in a timely manner
Infection control systems are appropriately used
To ensure that the laundry requirements of the service are managed appropriately and that there are always sufficient items available for use
Ensure that there is sufficient and effective equipment to facilitate the laundering of all items

Location:

The service premises, but you may be required to work from other locations at the discretion of the company and with appropriate notice.

Working Hours:

Zero Hours

Responsibilities and Duties of the Job

Role-specific Duties:

The Laundry Assistant's responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Assist in an effective laundry service implementation and delivery
Ensure that service users' rights are protected
Follow cleaning schedules, and suggest improvements when it is identified that they would improve practice
Promote infection control, and use identified systems to eliminate cross infection
Use systems to ensure that service users' clothing is not damaged or lost during the laundry process

Role-specific Duties:

Liaise with other staff to prioritise the items for laundry
Identify when the service requires items that are laundered, e.g. sheets or tablecloths, to be replaced
Identify and report to senior staff when laundry equipment is faulty, in need of repair or replacement
Manage the maintenance schedules of laundry equipment
Maintain the laundry environment to be safe, hygienic and wellorganised

Working with Others:

Develop effective working relationships with other employees within the service
Liaise with service users, their families, relatives or representatives to provide an efficient, effective and personcentred laundry service
Communicate with external laundry supply companies as appropriate, and represent the service in a professional manner

Other Duties:

Other duties and responsibilities to be undertaken may include any (or all) of the items in the following list:

Seek opportunities for personal and professional growth
Be an active member of the staff team and understand policy areas that are relevant for all staff such as safeguarding, dignity and respect

Personal and Professional Development:

Attend statutory training and any other training as directed by management
Take responsibility for your own professional development through performance and development reviews and undertake any relevant training
Maintain laundry/cleaning skills and undertake such training and development as is required
Knowledge about the use of specific machines and products is kept up to date
Be responsible for understanding the health and safety requirements of the role
Understand and follow any relevant risk assessments

Benefits:

Contributory Pension
Paid Breaks
Overtime Paid at enhanced Rates
Referral scheme in place for recommending Friends and Family to join the group £250 per placement
Free Parking
Free Uniform
Free Training