Domestic Assistant (Healthcare)

Danshell support adults living with a learning disability or autism with complex needs across 23 specialist health and social care settings in the UK. We work in partnership with the people who use our services and their families to ensure they have increasing choice and their voice is heard and acted upon at all levels of the organisation. We ensure that our services reflect the individuality of each person we serve and we uphold their right to feel safe and respected.

As a Danshell Domestic Assistant you will be responsible for ensuring a clean safe environment is provided for our residents, visitors and staff.

The main responsibilities include:
Co-ordinate and carry out all household cleaning duties within the unit
Carry out cleaning duties within the laundry
Carry out other cleaning as and when required
Assist service users with domestic tasks as directed by the managers
Maintain correct storage areas for cleaning equipment as required
The above will be carried out in accordance with health and safety legislation and environmental health needs and the ideal candidate will have:

The ability to work independently and use your own initiative
The ability work within health and safety guidelines, have a respectful and friendly approach, trustworthy and with excellent communication skills to liaise effectively with office staff, multidisciplinary team and service users
The ability to work flexibly including evenings and weekends
A current awareness of COSHH or up-to-date training
Experience of working in a hospital setting – desirable
We are looking for staff who share our values and who will contribute to our services – to enrich the care of those we are given responsibility and honour to look after.

Additional benefits:

Staff meals
20 days of annual leave pro rata
1% match pension contribution
Death in service one time annual salary
CPD