Ancillary Staff Domestic - Shearwater
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 28 Mawrth 2024 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 27 Ebrill 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | Portsmouth, PO1 2EP |
| Cwmni: | Portsmouth City Council |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 3246 |
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Ancillary Staff - Domestic
Salary: £22,366 to £22,737 pro rata p.a plus shift allowance if applicable, (£9,067 to £9,217 for 15 hours).
Hours: 15 Hours per week
The Service:
Shearwater is in Milton area of Portsmouth and is a purpose built 60 bed dementia residential home, which opened in August 2009. The accommodation is spread over 3 floors in units of 20 per floor. All bedrooms have a private ensuite with a shower.
We currently have around 100 staff working different floors throughout the home. The second floor is currently not occupied and is being used for the council's contingency plan plus activity area for residents.
Our philosophy is to encourage independence, though we recognise severe dementia may require residential care. We promote well-being through person centred activities and supporting diversity.
The Role:
You will be allocated to a specific wing of the unit, where you will be responsible for either carrying out general cleaning duties to include lounges, dining rooms, occupational rooms, cleaner's stores, bedrooms with ensuite facilities, stairs, corridors, halls, office areas, bathrooms, toilets and sluices, or supporting with meal preparation ensuring food is presented to high standards, ensuring kitchen areas, fridges, are kept clean and well stocked, liaising with the kitchen to stock as required, checking temperatures of Fridges and recording as required. Carrying out any general tasks required each shift. You will be required to assist with collection and refilling of jugs and making of beds, as required, and after Liaison with the Day Team Leader/Assistant manager or cook as appropriate depending on role.
There will be occasions when you will need to do a deep clean such as washing down walls and paintwork, upholstery, and furnishings as well as reporting verbally or in writing any defects to furniture, fittings and equipment to the assistant manager of the day.
What you'll need to succeed
Who is the person?
You need to:
- Have previously undertaken Ancillary work in a day centre /residential setting.
- Be able to work to a schedule and complete all allocated tasks within specified time.
- Be willing to undertake the wide range of cleaning and general duties in the kitchen, laundry.
- Be flexible with duties to cover other domestic when on holiday/sickness to undertake within the scope of the Band 2 Ancillary role.
- Be willing to undertake all mandatory training and non- mandatory training relevant to role including Safeguarding Awareness, H&S, COSHH, infection control, GDPR and Dysphagia.
- Be willing to undertake training for level 2 Food Hygiene Awareness.
- Be willing to undertake training/follow guidance for any machinery applicable to your job role such as floor cleaners, kitchen equipment, laundry machines.
- Be able to demonstrate empathy for elderly people with support needs offering service users privacy, respect, dignity, and choice.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role
What you'll get in return
We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:
- Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
- Flexible working hours.
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
- Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
- Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/
Additional Information:
The full job profile is attached here.
Application process:
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Applicants will be shortlisted based on their ability to use good examples that meet the criteria of this role.
Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.
You may wish to attach an additional letter or document to supplement you application.
Closing date: 10 April 2024 @ 23.59pm
Portsmouth City Council
At Portsmouth City Council we’re all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city, but we need the best employees to do so.
With a little over 207,000 residents and 7,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority’s main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city.
From customer service to multi-million-pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do.
DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of ‘adults at risk’ and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.