Live-in Housekeeper
Location: Countryside
Reference: ELC- 1138737
Summary
R is a smiley, bubbly, pro-active housekeeping candidate. Eden really enjoyed interviewing R and could feel her passion for her role shine through in everything that she said! R comes across as very flexible with a muck-in attitude. Indeed, after interview she was about to go back to work and sand down a wooden outdoor playset with an electric sander!
R began her career as a home care worker in the NHS. She was asked to do ad hoc nanny work with a doctors’ children, which then turned into full-time work in private households. She now has over 12 years’ experience in the UK and overseas. R has taken on nanny, housekeeping and house management duties previously. She is now looking to move into a housekeeping focused role.
R is looking for a live-in or live-out housekeeper position in the countryside anywhere in the UK. She is available ASAP. R has a very friendly personality but also knows the importance of discretion. Eden believe she will be an asset to any household.
Skills
- Confident driver
- Pet friendly
- Happy to travel with a family
- DBS in process through Eden
Spoken Languages
- English
Education
- Currently studying – BSc Psychology through the Open University distance learning
Experience
Housekeeping
- Deep cleaning
- Tidying and organising
- Vacuuming, polishing, dusting
- Mopping floors
- Interior and exterior window cleaning
- Cleaning kitchens and bathrooms
- Polishing furniture
- Care of wooden floors and exposed beams
- Loading and unloading dishwashers
- Changing bed linen
- Family laundry and ironing
Cooking
- Grocery shopping
- Planning menus
- Family and children’s cooking
Pets & others
- Wardrobe management
- Packing away summer/winter clothing
- Assisting with suitcase packing
- Liaising with external contractors
- Arranging house maintenance
- Maintaining household inventories
- Ordering items online
- Running errands
- Assisting with organising social events
- Light gardening and decorating
- Pet duties
- Vet visits
- Feeding and grooming pets
- Dog walking
- Travelling with families
Childcare
- Working with children from newborn
- School runs
- Taking children to after school activities
- Organising age appropriate activities
- Helping with homework
- Organising children’s toys
