Laundry Assistant

Salary: £26,000 per year

Laundry Assistant

We are One Housing and we create places for people to call home and support them to live well. With a breadth of services and expertise to help people whatever their housing, care, or support needs.

Our Care team is friendly and we love what we do. We are passionate about the high-quality support we provide. We offer our colleagues a friendly, collaborative workplace and the chance to build a rewarding career with a not-

for-profit organisation that is proud to make a genuine difference to peoples’ lives, each and every day.

Join our Care team as a Laundry Assistant

Working in Care can be demanding, but our colleagues are always kind and compassionate no matter what challenges they encounter.

Working as a Senior Care Assistant is not only varied and interesting, it’s incredibly rewarding.

As part of our team you will be doing work you can be proud of, ensuring the safety and happiness of our customers in their home.

We’re an organisation with strong values. We keep our promises; we do a great job; we value diversity; we work together; and we look for ways to improve. These are what make us such a great team, working together as one to achieve our vision.

The role

We have a fantastic opportunity in Great Baddow for someone to join us in the position of Laundry Assistant. Your responsibilities will

include:
* Handle all laundry in line with operating procedures keeping clean and dirty separate.
* Follow wash charts when processing laundry in washing machines. Check garment labels when drying and ironing items.
* Stock linen cupboards and ensure they are organised.
* Report damaged linen or clothing to the Home Manager and remove from circulation.
* Iron and finish clothing, repair if needed and return to their bedrooms ensuring items are hung or folded neatly.
* To ensure that all catering areas are maintained in a hygienic, clean, and safe standard and to follow the operational procedures of the kitchen and dining areas.
* Serving food to the residents in the dining area, prepare beverage trolleys and serve beverages and snacks to residents within the dining area and their rooms.
* Ensure dining areas are clean and tidy before and after mealtime.

What you will need to succeed

We are looking for someone who believes in working together as part of a team, who shares our values and who is

positive and friendly. The successful candidate will:
* Working with people with complex conditions and challenging behaviour
* Working effectively in a multi-disciplinary environment
* A flexible approach to own working time
* Commitment to actively participate in mandatory training

The offer

Our benefits offer you an array of perks designed with your wellbeing in mind.
* Salary: £26,000per year
* Contract: Casual (covering sickness and AL)
* Your holidays are important to us. Take up to 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
* Lean travel. Spread the cost of your commute with a season ticket loans and our Cycle2Work scheme, open to all colleagues

* Get paid to do good. We offer you two days off on full pay each year to volunteer in our
* Look after your loved ones. Our healthcare cash back plan allows you to claim back cash for you and your family’s healthcare.

* Well done! With our colleague recognition programme you will know when you’ve done a #greatjob
* Learning never One Academy, our innovative, in-house learning and development offering is designed to help you take your career to the next level.
* We’re here for you. Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you and your family 24/7.

* Stay book-smart. Take up to five paid days off per year to study toward a relevant qualification.
* Experience new things. We offer you a career break after 3 years’ continuous

About us

As an organisation with a strong social purpose, One Housing works in some of the most diverse communities in the UK and their workforce reflects that. We understand the strength we gain from having and supporting our diverse teams. The different skills and experiences that our colleagues from different backgrounds bring to us allow us to make better decisions, consider different views and be an altogether more interesting and cohesive place to work.

We welcome applications from everyone.

Apply today for a fulfilling career in our Care team.