REPORTING TO: Housekeeper

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• Team player
• Ability to work autonomously and with minimum supervision
• Satisfactory Police Check and check against the POVA List (where applicable)

Desired:

• Previous experience relevant to the position
• Good communication skills

JOB PURPOSE:

As the Laundry Supervisor you are required to wash, press and fold Client’s linen and garments and to deliver clean items to Clients’ bedrooms at the Home. You are also expected to check, sort and store linen-hire goods when delivered and bag ready for collection. Your duties and responsibilities will include:

Laundry:

• Operating commercial laundry equipment including pressing equipment.
• Sorting washing into relevant groups, where applicable, and processing it through the washer, drier and iron. Keeping clean and dirty linen separate within the laundry area.

• The following priorities apply:

  • Bedding
  • Towels
  • Clients’ personal laundry
  • Serviettes
  • Tea towels
• Loading and unloading washing machines and tumble dryers.
• Sorting dirty and clean linen and handling items with due care. 
• Returning the Home’s washing to the linen cupboard.
• Performing minor repairs to Clients’ clothing.
• Any clothes that are not marked should be named and placed in the appropriate boxes after they have been laundered.
• Ensuring that work meets the highest quality standard in terms of stain removal, cleanliness and dryness. 
• Efficient and economical use of supplies provided.

Communication:

• Participating in Staff and Client meetings as required.
• Informing the Housekeeper of any special cleaning requests.

Training & Development:

• Attending mandatory training days / courses, on or off site, as and when required.
• Maintaining and improving professional knowledge and competence.

Health & Safety:

• Ensuring the Laundry Room is clean and tidy. On a daily basis: washing down washers, dryers and laundry bags; cleaning lint trays / vents; mopping floors.
• Making certain that chemicals / equipment are used correctly and safety procedures adhered to at all times.
• Using appropriate protective clothing when dealing with soiled / infected linen.
• Ensuring statutory Health and Safety standards in the laundry area.
• Reporting immediately to the Home Manager, or Person in Charge, any illness of an infectious nature or accident incurred by a Client, colleague, self or another.
• Understanding and ensuring the implementation of the Home’s Health and Safety, Infection Control and Hygiene policy, and Emergency and Fire procedures.
• Reporting to the Home Manager, or the Handyperson, any faulty appliances, damaged furniture, equipment or any potential hazard.
• Promoting safe working practice in the Home.

General:

• Contributing to the safeguarding of adults by ensuring you are aware of your role in relation to the Home’s Safeguarding Adult’s Policy, taking steps to protects Residents from any form of abuse or neglect and use the appropriate reporting mechanisms to inform the Home’s Management of any concerns.
• Adhering to all new, and changes in Local and Central Government initiatives as and when they are implemented.
• Promoting and ensuring the good reputation of the Home.
• Ensuring that all information of confidential nature gained in the course of duty is not divulged to third parties.
• Notifying the Home Manager, or the Person in Charge, as soon as possible of your inability to report for duty, and also on your return to work from all periods of absence.
• Ensuring the security of the Home is maintained at all times.
• Adhering to all Company policies and procedures within the defined timescales.
• Ensuring all equipment is clean and well maintained.
• Carry outing any other tasks that may be reasonably assigned to you.

This Job Description indicates only the main duties and responsibilities of the post. It is not intended as an exhaustive list.