Housekeeping Assistant

Job description

If youre looking for job satisfaction, to be part of a friendly and supportive team at Oakwood Court care home in Haywards Heath, and to brighten peoples lives, look no further. You dont 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.
  • Ensuringthat all clothes washed are dried correctly using the tumble dryer,
  • 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.

• Ability to recognise residents'rooms and belongings are personal and private
• Have an awareness of Health and Safety, COSHH regulations and manual handling
• To demonstrate safe practices
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Maintain a polite and courteous manner towards residents, staff and visitors to the home at all times

Flexible Hours Available, full or part-time

In return, you will have an access to referral bonus, access to Blue Light discount card and bonus schemes. Well provide you with support, guidance and a caring working environment, continuous learning and development, as well as free uniform. Sussex Housing & Care is a not for profit organisation which means that we reinvest any financial surplus back into the organisation to benefit our residents and employees. We are a Real Living Wage employer.

PLEASE NOTE, WE ARE NOT OFFERING SPONSORSHIP

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Cuckfield

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Salary indication

£13.00 Per Hour

Published at

03-05-2026

Profession type

Home Care Jobs

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English