The closing date for completed applications for this post is 9am on Wednesday 30 April 2025, and it is anticipated interviews will take place on Thursday 22 May 2025.

Hours: 30 hours per week, 10.00am-5.00pm (worked 5 days from 7 as required by Rossie and as detailed on the published rota, including weekend working).

Salary: £26,674 - £27,796 (pro rata) (SCP 18 - 20)

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Responsible for the maintenance of cleanliness to agreed standards within the Houses and participation in general domestic duties within Rossie. To work as part of a team and undertake cleaning in areas as directed to ensure that Houses, rooms and communal areas are kept in a clean and hygienic condition.

To carry out such cleaning and related duties within the Houses as determined by the Chef Manager and relevant Deputy Service Manager:

• Maintain high standards of cleanliness and tidiness as per cleaning schedule
• Ensure all kitchen areas are maintained at the highest level of hygiene
• In collaboration with the Chef Manager, ensure the house toilets are consistently maintained at the highest levels of hygiene

Responsibility for other domestic duties within the Houses:

• Collect the House laundry and deliver it to the central laundry daily
• Assist in the serving of meals to the young people including laying tables and cleaning away afterwards
• Ensure there are adequate supplies of clean laundry available within the House
• Assist with the laundering of young people’s clothing within the House

General domestic duties within Rossie:

• Assist with the provision of domestic duties in other Houses and other parts of Rossie as required
• Provide support in the main kitchen
• Work effectively as part of the Domestic team as well as on your own

Other duties as directed:

• Advise and assist young people to gain domestic skills as required
• Participate in appropriate training

Please note this job description is to provide a clear and concise statement of the main tasks and activities of the post, and it is not intended as an exhaustive list of every aspect of the post holder's duties.  All the above duties will be carried out in line with Rossie policies and procedures. 

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Knowledge Base (Essential):

• Understanding of the cleaning role 

Knowledge Base (Desirable):

• COSHW 

Qualifications (Essential):

• Current secondary qualifications

Qualifications (Desirable):

• Elementary Food Hygiene

Experience (Essential):

• Cleaning to identified organisational standards
• Microsoft Office packages including Word, Excel, Office 365, SharePoint

Experience (Desirable):

• Previous experience in domestic industry
• Work within a care environment

Skills (Essential):

• Ability to work effectively on own and as part of team
• Ability to use own initiative and experience
• Flexible in approach

Qualities (Essential):

• Enthusiasm and motivation in the workplace
• Work within Rossie values and behaviours
• Work collaboratively with peers and management
• Honesty, reliability and resilience
• Empathy and understanding towards all customers and stakeholders

Full Clean Driving Licence (Essential)