Relief Care Home Laundry Assistant - Various Locations

Job Description

Job Title: Relief Laundry Assistant

Location: Various Care Homes within the Scottish Borders - all available locations are listed on the application form, please tick which location(s) you'd like to be considered for.

Hours: 0 - casual/relief

Salary*: £11.89 per hour/ £22,939.18 pro rata per annum 

Qualifications: No formal qualifications required.

The Role

The role of the laundry assistant is to contribute to the provision of a laundry service for residents and ensure that all standards are met, and to work towards the continuous development of service delivery, in accordance with Care Inspectorate Standards.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all service users clothing, linen, and other related articles are laundered to a high standard.
• Ensure a high standard of cleanliness within the laundry.
• Ensure that Health & Safety and COSHH regulations are adhered to at all times.
• Report any maintenance issues or Health & Safety concerns to the Senior Support Worker or Manager.

Please note elements of this job will require physical effort.

* Scottish Local Government Living Wage Allowance of £11.89 applies to this post

Informal Enquiries

Informal enquiries can be made to the Adult Social Care Recruitment Team by emailing sbcaresrecruitment@scotborders.gov.uk

 

Scottish Borders Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all minority groups and individuals who identify with one or more of the protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010. In particular from candidates who assess themselves as having a disability, under the Disability Confident Employer scheme this guarantees an interview to those individuals who meet the essential criteria of the post. All appointments will be made on merit.