Domestic Assistant
Job description
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Set within a truly unique and beautiful location, this luxury 25-bed residential care home offers an exceptional environment for later-life living. Recently refurbished to a high standard, the home blends elegant surroundings with modern, updated systems to ensure comfort, safety, and outstanding care delivery.
Designed to feel both refined and welcoming, the home provides a peaceful retreat where residents can enjoy stunning outdoor spaces, landscaped gardens, and thoughtfully designed interiors.
Please note: This is a residential care service and does not provide dementia care, creating a calm, relaxed, and highly personalised environment for residents.
Residents enjoy a vibrant lifestyle, including:
- Tailored daily activities and gentle exercise programmes
- Arts, crafts, music sessions, games, and social groups
- Regular outings and seasonal celebrations
- On-site hairdressing and beauty therapy
- Fresh, nutritious meals tailored to individual preferences
- Access to beautiful gardens and communal spaces
The home promotes a warm, family-style atmosphere, where residents feel comfortable, valued, and well supported.
The RoleAs a Domestic Assistant, you will play an important part in ensuring the home remains clean, welcoming, and supportive—particularly during key mealtimes.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting meal service throughout the day, including breakfast, lunch, dinner, and afternoon tea
- Assisting with food preparation and serving meals to residents
- Ensuring dining areas are clean, organised, and welcoming
- Clearing tables and maintaining high standards of hygiene
- Supporting the wider team to create a positive dining experience
- Carrying out general domestic duties to maintain the home’s high standards
- A positive, reliable, and hardworking approach
- Experience in a domestic or hospitality role (desirable but not essential)
- Good communication and teamwork skills
- A caring and respectful attitude towards older people
- Ability to work efficiently in a busy but friendly environment
- £12.71 per hour
- Consistent weekend hours (ideal for work-life balance)
- Work in a beautifully refurbished, high-quality environment
- Supportive and friendly team
- A rewarding role contributing to residents’ daily wellbeing
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⭐ Highlight any experience in hospitality, catering, or care home environments at the top of your CV, as the advert values domestic or hospitality background.
📊 Quantify your meal service experience: "Served 80+ residents across 4 daily seatings, maintaining 98% satisfaction ratings".
🌐 Emphasise your ability to work in busy environments: "Managed dining service for 25-bed care home during peak mealtimes with 3-person team".
🎯 Stress your reliability and consistency, particularly weekend availability, as the advert specifically mentions "consistent weekend hours".
🤝 Demonstrate your caring attitude towards older people with a concrete example: "Built rapport with 15+ residents through attentive service and respectful communication during mealtimes".
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- •Supported meal service for 25+ residents across 4 daily seatings, clearing and resetting dining areas within 15-minute turnarounds whilst maintaining food safety standards.
- •Assisted kitchen team with food preparation and plating for 80+ covers daily, following strict hygiene protocols and dietary requirements for elderly residents.
- •Maintained domestic cleanliness standards across communal dining and kitchen spaces, achieving consistent high standards during peak service hours in busy hospitality environment.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
I am writing to apply for the Domestic Assistant position at your residential care home in West Devon. With a strong commitment to maintaining high hygiene standards and supporting meal service in busy environments, I am confident I can contribute meaningfully to your team. Your emphasis on creating a welcoming dining experience and supporting residents' daily wellbeing resonates with my values.
My background in domestic and hospitality work has equipped me with reliable, efficient practices in fast-paced settings. I take pride in teamwork, clear communication, and a caring approach to supporting older people in their daily routines.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Can you describe your experience with food safety and hygiene standards in a kitchen or dining environment?
- ›How would you ensure dining areas remain clean and organised during busy service times?
- ›What experience do you have with meal preparation or food service?
- ›How do you prioritise tasks when supporting multiple mealtimes in a busy environment?
- ›Can you describe a time when you've had to maintain high hygiene standards under pressure?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time when you've worked as part of a team to deliver a positive experience for customers or service users.
- ›Describe a situation where you've had to be reliable and consistent in a role with regular weekend hours.
- ›How do you approach caring for or supporting vulnerable people in your work?
- ›Give an example of when you've communicated effectively with colleagues or residents to resolve a problem.
- ›Tell me about a time when you've worked in a busy, fast-paced environment. How did you manage?
STAR answer examples
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Tell me about a time when you've worked as part of a team to deliver a positive experience for customers or service users.
Describe a situation where you've had to be reliable and consistent in a role with regular weekend hours.