Household Assistant

Are you passionate about dementia care? We are seeking to appoint Household Assistants.

The successful candidates should be flexible and committed and fulfil the following criteria:

• Providing the highest level of cleaning services in line with Saint Joseph’s requirements

• Ensuring full compliance with all Health & Safety regulations

• Have experience in hygiene/cleaning and food handling.

• Experience working with residents with dementia would be an advantage.

• Ability to be flexible, communicate effectively and multi-task as required.

• Strong attention to detail and the right attitude to work as part of a team or on their own initiative.

• Demonstrate attitudes and beliefs consistent with being person-centred

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Provide the means, opportunity and support to residents including at mealtimes, domestic tasks, during activities and other meaningful occupations/interactions.
• Cleaning floors, damp mopping spillages, scrubbing and suction drying. Stripping and sealing floors and buffing.
• Damp dusting furniture, fixtures and fittings including door areas and glass.
• Emptying and cleaning bins and all assigned waste disposal.
• Cleaning kitchens, communal areas, offices, clinical rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms and toilets.
• High level dusting.
• Ensuring all laundered clothing are returned and to residents wardrobes.
• Assist with room/function/conference set up
• Ensure kitchen and cleaning equipment in maintained as per operating and cleaning instructions
• Ensuring food and machinery temperatures are checked and recorded.
• Comply with Dress code policy.
• Use P.P.E. provided to you.
• Be flexible when required.
• Ensuring the observance of all safety measures, bearing in mind the Health and Safety at Work Act.
• Daily reporting of maintenance to Household Manager and through Maintenance log books.
• Carrying out such other domestic duties as may be required by the Manager.
• The post holder must maintain the confidentiality of information about patients, staff and other Saint Joseph’s Shankill business.
• Report all incidents to the Manager and through incident reporting.