Shaw healthcare (Group) Ltd
Domestic Assistant at Deerswood Lodge
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Salary: £13.45 per hour
Hours: 22hrs per week
Shift Times: Day shifts on 4 weekly Rota between 8am-5pm, requirement to work weekends
About the Role
Shaw healthcare is looking for a Domestic Assistant who is ready to make a positive impact at Deerswood Lodge, a care home in Crawley, West Sussex, offering 90 residential places. The facility specialises in dementia, residential, and respite care, providing a safe and supportive environment.
Why Work at Shaw Healthcare?
- Shaw Healthcare was founded in 1986 and has evolved to become the largest Employee-Owned Healthcare company in the UK.
- We are now made up of 64 registered services, including 55 care homes, and 118 extra-care flats.
- We operate using employee-ownership principles and are the Employee-Owned Business of the Year 2024.
- We are dedicated to ensuring our employees have a wide range of development options including NVQ qualifications and our Leadership Programme, as well as in-house training on a diverse range of topics.
- We take pride in acknowledging the hard work and dedication of our employees. We love holding celebrations such as our annual Star Awards event, long-service awards, Employee of the Month and Service of the Month.
- We are committed to ensuring that all employees have a say in shaping our workplace by appointing dedicated employee representatives and conducting annual employee surveys.
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Job Responsibilities
This is an excellent opportunity to join our dementia and residential home as part of our busy domestic team. You will work as part of a great team to help maintain a clean, safe and welcoming environment for our residents. This includes, but not limited to:
- Clean and sanitize rooms including furnishings in assigned work areas
- The ability to maintain high standards of cleanliness and tidiness of the service and Laundry causing minimal disruption to our services users and their care
- Be able to communicate and engage effectively with our service users, their families and colleagues, good interpersonal and working relationship skills are essential
- Will need to demonstrate the ability to work without direct supervision
- You will use a variety of cleaning products paying particular attention to COSHH regulated products
- You will have the ability to work on your own initiative and be able to maintain high level of hygiene within the home
Benefits
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- Excellent Career Opportunities
- Care Qualifications
- 76% Employee Owned - our employees have received over £1850 each in tax free bonuses to date!
- Refer a Friend bonus scheme (earn up to £1000 for each referral by you)
- Paid annual leave 28 days per year (based on hours) inclusive of bank holidays
- Company Sick Pay
- Enhanced payrates for bank holidays
- Free Uniform
- Death in service payment *subject to criteria
- GP online - providing around the clock GP consultation via an interactive app
- Discounted Homemade Meals while on Shift
- Pension scheme
- Colleague discounts - Access to over 1600 high street discounts including carefully selected discount partners.
- Holiday discounts
- Outstanding recognition schemes such as Shaw Star Awards and Long Service Awards
- Online benefits and cashback rewards
- Our support to your Wellbeing includes free of charge access to an independent and confidential Employee Assistance Programme. This gives Colleagues and their family access to 24/7 365 support for a whole range of issues including physical, mental and financial issues
Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can truly make a difference? Apply now!
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