Laundry Assistant
Posted 14/05/2024 by The Cinnamon Care Collection
Laundry Assistant
£11.46 plus benefits
Full time hours to include some weekend working
A Top 20 Care Home Group 2024!
Mornington Court is a luxury 57 bed care home that provides the most luxurious surroundings and the very best in residential and dementia care and support.
We are recruiting a full time laundry assistant to be part of our wider housekeeping team.
Main Responsibilities
- Collect, clean and redistribute the homes laundry and resident’s clothing.
- Sort washing, dry and iron line resident’s clothing to a high standard at all times, adhering to the washing and ironing instructions on the garments.
- Transport supplies including clean and soiled linen to the appropriate storage area, insuring that infection control policy and procedures are followed at all times.
- Fold, count and stack linen in an organised manner.
- Routinely inspect linen for wear and tear, and report this to the head of housekeeping.
- Monitor laundry products and inform the head of housekeeping when running low so more can be ordered.
- Ensure laundry areas are kept clean, tidy and safe at all times.
- Ensure detergents are at the correct level for operating machines.
- Ensure lint filters are cleaned on a twice daily basis and record as per company guidelines.
Person Specification
- Physically and medically able to carry out duties and responsibilities with or without assistive aids.
- Compassionate and caring nature.
- Team player, self-motivated, proactive, flexible and adaptable.
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Previous housekeeping / laundry experience in a residential care setting.
- Type:
- Permanent
- Contract Length:
- N/A
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- Job Reference:
- MP172232CT4040-Mornington Court
- Job ID:
- 221649220
- Applications:
- Less than 10
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