Head Housekeeper

Position: Head Housekeeper

Care Home: Springfield Vale

Location: Perseverance Street, Barnsley, S70 6HD

Contract type: Full time 40 Hours per week

Rate: £12.77 per hour

Do you take pride in your cleaning standards and attention to detail? As Head Housekeeper, you’ll ensure that our home is clean and welcoming home for the people who live and work here.

You’ll be responsible for setting and maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness throughout the home, ensuring a comfortable environment for the people we support.

You will lead the brand new Housekeeping Team in our new state of the art purpose built home.

Join us as our Head Housekeeper at Springfield Vale care home in Barnsley.

Springfield Vale is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

When open, Springfield Vale will provide nursing care for adults living with complex needs arising from dementia.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

Our Head Housekeeper plays a key role in leading all daily and weekly cleaning routines of the Housekeeping Team, ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Carrying out cleaning schedules with your team, including dusting, mopping, polishing and vacuuming.
• Overseeing your team’s cleaning of all areas, including residents’ rooms, lounges, kitchens, bathrooms, and offices.
• Building trust and promoting choice, dignity and independence.

You’ll put our people at the heart of everything you do – whether that’s hoovering our residents’ bedrooms or polishing their photo frames. We can guarantee that whatever you bring to the role, you’ll see great rewards.

If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy, and ongoing training programmes.

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

Kind, caring and understanding

A great leader, with the energy and enthusiasm to motivate your team

Someone with a keen eye for detail

An excellent team player

Passionate about high standards of cleanliness, with outstanding housekeeping skills

A positive person with a can‑do attitude

A great listener and communicator.

You don’t need any specific qualifications to apply for this role, but a good standard of education, such as GCSEs in English and Maths, may be useful. You’ll ideally also have supervisory experience in a similar role.

• Regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• Access to wages before payday
• Retail and lifestyle discounts
• Free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, call us on or email

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.