Housekeeper
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) ensure the best possible quality of life and make every moment count for children and families across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. Our family-centred approach includes specialist nursing care, symptom management nursing, short breaks, wellbeing activities, therapies, care at end of life, bereavement support, counselling and volunteer services in the family home; all meeting the individual needs of the child, young person and whole family.
In 2020, all three of our hospices; The Nook (Norfolk), The Treehouse (Ipswich) and Milton (Cambridge) were rated OUTSTANDING by the Care Quality Commission.
Our people are central to our success. We have a talented workforce of staff and volunteers in Care, Fundraising, Retail, Facilities, IT, Finance, Marketing & Communications and Human Resources.
We employ around 400 employees and have more than 1,800 volunteers across the organisation, including 49 shops and a Retail Distribution Centre.
Working Hours:
Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
* Working Flexible hours (7am – 3pm, Monday to Friday with days off in the week to accommodate 2 out of 4 weekend coverage) *
Working Pattern: 5 days over a 7 day working week
Salary:
£23,000 + circa £2,000 per annum in weekend enhancements based on working 2 out or 4 weekends, rates as below:
Enhanced Rates – Weekends, Evenings & Bank Holidays:
+ 30% Saturdays & Evenings
+ 60% Sundays & Bank Holidays
Comprehensive range of benefits:
Free onsite parking & Subsidised meals
Enhanced Annual leave Entitlement – 27 days + 8 UK Bank Holidays
Additional holiday purchase scheme
AVIVA pension package – up to 7% Employer Contribution inc Life Assurance
NHS pension – continuation of if already contributing
Free Eye Tests & Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
We are looking for a Housekeeper to join our small but busy housekeeping team working in our beautiful hospice in a converted vicarage building in Milton.
Do you have:
Experience as a Housekeeper/Cleaner?
The role:
This is varied role in a relaxed and supportive work team in addition cleaning offices and care floor areas & a small number of bedrooms on occasion.