Main Duties/Responsibilities

• Cleaning duties in all areas as detailed on work schedules or as instructed.
• Preparation/cooking/re-heating/serving of food and beverages to the standard required.
• Maintaining all records as required.
• Laundry service - receive, sort and launder items to the standard required.
• Waste disposal.
• Patient Transport & Courier duties ( e.g. Patient moves, blood collection & post)
• Stripping and making unoccupied beds.
• Locking doors and setting alarms.
• Maintaining a high standard of personal hygiene and appearance.
• Adhering to all Trust policies and procedures and participating in training as required.
• Assisting with support services duties in any part of the Trust in order to assist with staff shortages as required.
• Support Service Assistants employed in residential facilities will have substantial unsupervised access on a daily basis to children or people with learning disabilities while cleaning bedrooms, bathrooms, lounges, laundry rooms and linen stores. This direct contact also applies to working in the kitchen and storage areas. The facilities are geared towards providing a home like environment and to deny residents access to any part of the facility would not be practical and would not comply with Trust's policy.

In this context, vetting procedures will be carried out on all candidates before any appointment is made for a children's home or residential home for people with learning disabilities.

General Responsilities

Employees of the Trust are required to promote and support the mission and vision of the service for which they are responsible and:

• At all times provide a caring service and to treat those with whom they come into contact in a courteous and respectful manner.
• Demonstrate their commitment by their regular attendance and the efficient completion of all tasks allocated to them.
• Comply with the Trust's Smoke Free Policy.
• Carry out their duties and responsibilities in compliance with the Health and Safety Policies and Statutory Regulations.
• Adhere to Equality and Good Relations duties throughout the course of their employment.
• Ensure the ongoing confidence of the public in-service provision.
• Maintain high standards of personal accountability.
• Comply with the HPSS Code of Conduct.

Essential Criteria:

• 16 years of age or over for Band 1 posts & 18 years of age or over for Band 2 posts.
• Basic literacy and numeracy skills.

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