Bank/Casual Housekeeping Assistant

Job Locations UK-Hertfordshire-Royston
Job ID
2024-5182

Overview and Responsibilities

Bank/Casual Housekeeping Assistant

Location: Meldreth, Nr. Royston, Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border

Salary:  £12.37 - £12.59 ph - effective from 1st January 2025 (linked to competency and experience) + 14.5% holiday pay

Hours: Choose from a range of shift times

 

What is a Bank Housekeeping Assistant?  

Our bank staff are able to choose what shift they want to take on, giving them a great deal of flexibility when deciding to work days over nights, or weekdays over weekends. 

 

Aurora Meldreth Manor/Orchard Manor

 

Situated in the village of Meldreth, just ten miles south of Cambridge, on the Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border, Meldreth Manor and Orchard Manor provide education, care and therapeutic support for children and young people who have severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties resulting in complex learning needs. 

 

Set within 14 acres, our site provides extensive space for learning, developing and living in an environment where we have a range of incredible facilities that include: 

  • Music and Art Rooms
  • Rebound Therapy
  • Hydrotherapy
  • Hard and soft outdoor space
  • Forestry School
  • Adapted Kitchens
  • Enterprise Schemes
  • Sensory Rooms 

We are currently seeking individuals to join our housekeeping team across our services in Meldreth on a casual basis, to cover sickness, annual leave and staffing gaps.

Main duties include:

  • Dusting and polishing
  • Maintaining clean and sanitary kitchen areas
  • Vacuuming and washing floors
  • Tidying up rooms
  • Monitoring cleaning supplies and ordering more as and when needed
  • Reporting any necessary repairs
  • Keeping bathrooms stocked and clean
  • Emptying bins and disposing of waste 

Please note that duties will vary and you must expect to lend a hand wherever is required. 

 

Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required. Please see the link below for our full job description:

 

 

Job Description: Bank Housekeeping Assistant

 

Skills and Qualifications

Skills & Qualifications

  • Experience of using equipment and materials in situations where care is needed to prevent harm to others
  • Understanding of key aspects of Health and Safety legislation for cleaning
  • Experience of cleaning a variety of surfaces.
  • High standards, attention to detail, reliability and a positive work ethic.
  • Experience and/or knowledge of disability and disability issues would be an advantage
  • Positive and proactive demeanour  

Benefits and Additional Information

How to Apply:

 

You can apply online by completing our online application form.  For more information on this position please contact kirsty.wilkinson@the-aurora-group.com

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

 

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

 

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

 

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

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