Head Housekeeper

Position: Head Housekeeper
Care home: Hillside Court
Location: St Anthony’s Road, Leeds, LS11 8FG
Contract type: Full time - 40 hours per week
Rate: Up to £10.98 per hour depending on experience
Do you take pride in your cleaning standards and attention to detail? As Head Housekeeper, you’ll ensure that our home is clean and welcoming home for the people who live and work here.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a brand new team, in a state of the art, purpose built home. You’ll have the chance to really make your mark.
Join us as our Head Housekeeper at Hillside Court care home in Leeds.
About Exemplar Health Care
Hillside Court is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.
When open, Hillside Court will specialise in supporting adults living with complex mental health needs, neuro-disabilities and physical disabilities.
As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.
About the role
Our Head Housekeeper plays a key role in leading all the daily and weekly cleaning routines of their Housekeeping Team.
No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
carrying out cleaning schedules with your team, including dusting, mopping, polishing and vacuuming
overseeing your team’s cleaning of all areas, including residents’ rooms, lounges, kitchens, bathrooms, kitchens and offices
building trust and promoting choice, dignity and independence.
You’ll put our people at the heart of everything you do – whether that’s hoovering our residents’ bedrooms or polishing their photo frames. We can guarantee that whatever you bring to the role, you’ll see great rewards.
If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy, and ongoing training programmes.
Download our job description to read more:
https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/1030640927/
About you
Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.
You’re also:
kind, caring and understanding
a great leader, with the energy and enthusiasm to motivate your team
someone with a keen eye for detail
an excellent team player
passionate about high standards of cleanliness, with outstanding housekeeping skills
a positive person with a can-do attitude
a great listener and communicator.
You don’t need any specific qualifications to apply for this role, but a good standard of education, such as GCSEs in English and Maths, may be useful. You’ll ideally also have supervisory experience in a similar role.
What we offer
We offer great rewards and perks including:
regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
access to wages before payday with fastP.A.Y.E
retail and lifestyle discounts
free DBS check
24/7 counselling and support
Blue Light Card eligibility.
How to apply
Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.
For an informal chat about joining us, call us on 01977 630830 or email pod1@exemplarhc.com.
Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.