Domestic Assistant at Deerswood Lodge

Salary: £13.45 per hour

Hours: 22hrs per week

Shift Times: Day shifts on 4 weekly Rota between 8am-5pm, requirement to work weekends

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.

Job Responsibilities

• 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

• 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 appDiscounted 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

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