Housekeeper and Cook

Position: Housekeeper/Cook
Care home: Lonnen Grove 
Location: Kimberworth, Rotherham
Contract type:  18 Hours, Weekends required, Variable shifts
Rate: £12.21
Care home CQC rating: Rated ‘Good’ by CQC

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 use your skills to make a real difference every day. 

Join us as our Head Housekeeper at Lonnen Grove learning disability service in Rotherham.

About Exemplar Health Care

Lonnen Grove is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers. 

We support six adults living with a learning disability and/or autism spectrum disorder.

Daily life at Lonnen Grove is all about choice. Everything we do is personalised to the individuals we support.

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

As a Cook/Housekeeper, your role will be varied! When cooking, your responsibilities will include:

• preparing, cooking and serving food

• understanding people’s needs, likes and choices to develop suitable menus

• interacting with the people we support to get feedback on meals

• complying with food hygiene standards

• completing relevant checks and maintaining records

• being a great team player .

When it comes to housekeeping, you’ll be responsible for:

• carrying out all daily and weekly cleaning routines, as well as ad-hoc duties

• cleaning and tidying designated areas around the home including bedrooms, lounges, kitchens, bathrooms, kitchens and offices

• cleaning duties including dusting, mopping, polishing and vacuuming

• supporting with washing and drying laundry, as required

• reporting breakages, damage, defects and hazards.

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:

• a cook with a flair for creating delicious and nutritious meals for varied dietary requirements

• creative in menu development and food preparation

• passionate about high standards of cleanliness, with great housekeeping skills

• an excellent team player

• adaptable and flexible

• someone with excellent verbal and written communication skills. 

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

• 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 pod7@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.