Housekeeper

Bishopstoke Park, are looking for an experienced Part Time Housekeeper to join our Housekeeping Team for 16 hours per week.

£12.00 per hour

This is a permanent post; you will be working in a Retirement Village.

We provide Housekeeping Services to residents in their own homes.

It is preferred you have previous housekeeping experience, preferably from a hospitality background. You will be expected to work bank holidays, weekends, and special holidays (Boxing Day, New Years Day etc) on a rota basis.

Set in the parish of Bishopstoke within historic county of Hampshire. Our retirement village is located within a beautiful natural woodland, not far from the Itchen Navigation.

Our 32-acre retirement village provides a carefully selected range of independent living accommodation alongside extensive communal facilities and beautiful surroundings to meet the varying needs of our residents.

Reporting into the Housekeeping manager, responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Working in our onsite Laundry

• Cleaning communal areas throughout the village

• Cleaning within people’s homes Required knowledge & experience.

• Knowledge of commercial dryers and washers

• Knowledge of commercial irons and roller irons

• Knowledge of COSHH

• Knowledge of Health and Safety

• Experience with household appliances

• Experience with pushing cleaning trolleys with required equipment.

Required skills:

• Well organized and able to plan workload.

• Strong interpersonal and empathy skills and a friendly personality.

• Able to work individually and as part of a team.

• Good people skills.

Anchor – a great place to work

Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.

We’re not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.

A rewarding environment

From health and happiness to finance and your career, we’ll give you all the support you need.

Health & happiness

Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts Mental health support Flexible working options

Finance

Pension plan – contribute between 4% and 8% and we’ll match it or better Quick and easy pension transfer service Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more

Career

Ongoing personal and professional development programme Leadership Pathways online learning resources Career progression and promotion opportunities

To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated

Celebrating diversity, celebrating you

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.

We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.

We are a member of Inclusive Employers, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant and HouseProud Pledge schemes.

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