Domestic Assistant

This is an exciting opportunity to join Akari Care as a Domestic Assistant. Akari Care is an award-winning provider of high-quality care for older people, with a focus on creating a safe, welcoming, and respectful environment where residents can thrive. As a Domestic Assistant, you will play a vital role in maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene throughout the care home, contributing to the overall wellbeing and comfort of the residents.

Main duties of the job

As a Domestic Assistant at Akari Care, you will be responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in the residents' rooms and all communal areas. You will work closely with your colleagues in the domestic and laundry teams to ensure the delivery of the highest standards that make a true difference to each of our residents. Your role will involve continuously assessing the domestic needs of all residents and adapting your approach to meet their individual requirements. You will be required to adhere to all relevant policies and procedures to ensure a clean and healthy environment where our residents feel valued, respected, and able to retain their individuality and dignity.

About us

Akari Care is an award-winning provider of high-quality care for older people. The company's mission is to create an environment where residents are valued, respected, and offered the personalized care they deserve. Akari Care operates several care homes across the UK, each with a strong focus on delivering a warm, compassionate, and community-oriented atmosphere for their residents.

Job responsibilities

If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve.

We now seek a Domestic Assistant who is passionate about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people.

Working alongside and in collaboration with your colleagues in the domestic and laundry teams, you will be responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in our residents rooms and in all communal areas. You will be adaptable and approachable in nature, not only prioritising resident care always but actively promoting continual improvement of standards in all areas. This approach should reinforce the provision of a clean and healthy environment in which our residents are valued, respected, and retain their individualism and dignity. You will continually assess the domestic needs of all residents. Through the adherence to all policies and procedures you and your colleagues will ensure delivery of the highest standards that make a true difference to each of our residents, contributing to the ongoing fulfilment of their lives.

By showing us you can match our values with the desire for personalised excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require.

What we require from you:

• Experience of working within similar environment
• A caring nature with ability to give everyone a personal approach.
• Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice.
• Strong work ethic with solution-based approach to problem solving.
• Work well under pressure without negative impact to those around you.
• Warm, approachable, and engaging persona
• Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated.
• Resilient and adaptable to differing needs of colleagues and residents

What is in it for you:

• Pension contribution of 5%
• Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes.
• Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid.
• 28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)
• Fully funded training and development
• Support with personal development plans.
• The opportunity to gain experience and develop both personally and professionally.
• An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included.

Person Specification Qualifications

• You will need experience of working in a similar environment, along with a caring nature and the ability to give everyone a personal approach. You should be flexible, adaptable, and have a strong work ethic with a solution-based approach to problem-solving. It is important that you can work well under pressure without negatively impacting those around you, and that you have a warm, approachable, and engaging persona.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.