Domestic Assistant

Domestic Assistant
Based Fisher Close Nursing Home Grangewood Chesterfield
Hours 10 hours per week
Salary - 12.21 per hour

The role

We are now seeking a Domestic Assistant to carry out all domestic tasks including cleaning and kitchen/cooking duties at Fisher Close Nursing Home in Chesterfield.

Fisher Close Nursing Home is a purpose-built nursing home for older people who have a learning disability dementia complex needs and physical disabilities. It is staffed 24 hours a day by nurses and home support workers and is situated in Grangewood Chesterfield.

This role requires flexibility to work shifts weekends and bank holidays and involves daily contact with service users. An understanding or awareness of supporting people with learning disabilities would be beneficial however not essential. You will also be required to complete mandatory training.

About Us

EMH care & support focus on putting people first. We provide excellent housing and support services for those with a learning difficulty a disability mental ill health or for other vulnerable people such as older people victims of domestic violence and homeless people.

Our work allows service users to live an enjoyable independent life by advocating on their behalf and by providing activities support and housing that match their needs.

EMH care & support are part of EMH group which includes EMH homes Midlands Rural Housing and EMH sharps gardening services. Our vision is to be the best social housing and care business in the country leading the market as service provider and employer.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Have good knowledge and awareness of statutory regulations HASAWA 1974 COSHH regulations and use of PPE.
• Be willing to complete mandatory training including safeguarding moving and handling food safety/hygiene training.
• Be aware that they may be in contact with clinical waste bodily fluids and may be required to do some moving and handling which may include using equipment.
• Have an awareness of Equal Opportunities when supporting people with learning disabilities.

For further information please see Role Profile attached.

Our Values

Our Values are important to us and were looking for people who can help live our Values of Integrity Diversity Openness Accountability Clarity and Excellence.

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application

We ask all candidates to evidencetheir right to work status during the recruitment process. Please click here for a list of Sponsor Licence holders in the UK and information on the types of roles that are eligible for sponsorship.

emh care & support is part of emhwhichprovides affordable homesand related care and support services to communities across the East Midlands.

Enabling better lives is at the heart of everything we do. We help vulnerable people live an enjoyable independent life by advocating on their behalf or by providing activities support care and housing that matches their needs.

We also provide diverse housing and supported living servicesto a range of peoplewhose circumstances have made their lives or their housing vulnerable such as teenage parents older people andhomeless people.

The people we support can access daytime activitiesthrough an exciting programme that takes place atvenues across Derbyshire. We also work with the community such as universities and doctors to provide better access to information for our client groups.