Housekeeper

20 hours per week.

The Housekeeper plays a vital role in creating a safe, comfortable, and homely environment for residents living with dementia. This position involves maintaining high standards of cleanliness throughout the home, including residents’ rooms, communal areas, and service spaces. The role requires sensitivity, patience, and an understanding of how to work respectfully around individuals who may be confused, distressed, or in need of reassurance.

Key Responsibilities

• Clean and maintain resident bedrooms, bathrooms, and communal areas to a high standard.
• Manage laundry duties, including washing, drying, ironing, and distributing clothing and linens.
• Follow infection-control procedures and health and safety guidelines.
• Work around residents in a calm, reassuring manner, adapting to their needs and routines.
• Report any concerns about residents’ wellbeing or the environment to senior staff.
• Support the wider care team in creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere.

What Makes This Role Meaningful

You’re not just keeping a building clean, you’re helping residents feel safe, valued, and at home. Your presence and approach can make a real difference in someone’s day.

Please note all applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK to apply for this role.

Savile Park in Halifax is home to well trained and helpful staff with rooms for up to 55 residents. At Anchor, we pride ourselves in providing 24-hour care and specialised services for elderly people, the beauty of our grounds, the quality of our catering and our engaging activities we deliver. 

• On our recent inspection by CQC we were rated overall as Good and we continue to work towards improving this
• The Home is located within walking distance to the centre of Halifax with good transport links to local towns
• The Home prides itself on being Dementia friendly and has made environment changes to reflect this

Anchor – a great place to work

Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.

We’re not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.

A rewarding environment

From health and happiness to finance and your career, we’ll give you all the support you need.

Health & happiness

• Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
• Mental health support
• Flexible working options

Finance

• Pension plan – contribute between 4% and 8% and we’ll match it or better
• Quick and easy pension transfer service
• Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
• Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more

Career

• Ongoing personal and professional development programme
• Leadership Pathways online learning resources
• Career progression and promotion opportunities

To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated rewards website  

Celebrating diversity, celebrating you

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.  

We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members.  We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.

We are a member of Inclusive Employers, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant and HouseProud Pledge schemes.