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Housekeeping Assistant
Role summary
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The Housekeeping Assistant helps maintain a clean, safe and welcoming environment for residents, visitors and colleagues in an Avery care home. Duties typically include cleaning bedrooms, communal areas, bathrooms and shared facilities, replenishing supplies, handling cleaning equipment safely and following infection-control, health and safety and company procedures. Previous housekeeping, cleaning or care-home experience is useful but may not be essential. The successful candidate should be reliable, organised, physically able to undertake routine cleaning tasks, attentive to detail and respectful toward older people. A caring attitude, teamwork, good communication and flexibility to work shifts, weekends or public holidays are expected.
Can I work in the UK?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: NHS nurses, doctors and allied health get a Health and Care Worker visa (about 3 weeks, no health surcharge); care workers lost this route on 22 July 2025.
Before you apply: Nurses, doctors and most allied health staff must be registered or licensed locally before they start: expect checks on your degree and licence, often an English test, and often an exam or an assessment. Ask the employer who handles it and how long it takes. Most pharma and device office jobs do not need it.
Watch for: Pay follows the NHS pay bands and is usually at least GBP 25,000. Nurses and allied health also need UK professional registration; care workers cannot be sponsored from abroad.
Official source: GOV.UK: Health and Care Worker visa, your job. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in the UK
Usual for Healthcare jobs in the UK, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Registration | Join the Nursing and Midwifery Council register: English language rules and a Test of Competence |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Visa fee GBP 324 (up to 3 years) or GBP 628 (longer); no health surcharge on this visa |
| Housing | Not usually provided; you rent privately |
| Flights | Not standard; varies by employer and seniority |
| Contract | Permanent is usual; sponsored work visas last up to 5 years at a time |
| Leave | At least 28 days for a 5-day week (by law); employers may count bank holidays in it |
| Income tax | 0% to GBP 12,570, 20% to GBP 50,270, then 40%; plus 8% National Insurance (Scotland differs) |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
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About Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.
Avery Healthcare Group Ltd. is a UK provider of residential care, nursing care, dementia care and respite services for older people. Its care homes aim to provide comfortable accommodation, personal support, wellbeing activities and specialist care in a safe, homely setting. Staff work across care, nursing, hospitality, housekeeping, administration and facilities teams, with a focus on dignity, compassion and individualised resident support. Housekeeping colleagues play an important role by maintaining hygienic, pleasant surroundings and helping residents feel at home. Avery generally provides workplace training and promotes structured procedures covering infection prevention, safeguarding, health and safety and quality standards. The organisation operates homes across England and recruits both experienced care professionals and people entering the sector.