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Housekeepers, Housekeeper Couples, Domestics & Cooks Guidelines

Housekeeper and Butler Jobs and Vacancies around the UK and in Manchester, Cheshire and North Wales

Looking for a Housekeeper or Butler job? View our housekeeper and butler job vacancies by clicking here or alternatively contact us on 01829 730201.

Residential, Daily, Full Time, Part Time, Permanent, Temporary

We take great pride in looking after all the Staff who register with the Bunbury Agency
and look forward to helping you find the right vacancy that matches your expertise.

We will use our best endeavours to obtain suitable positions for you. However, there can be no guarantee a successful vacancy will be found.

We cannot offer you any vacancies unless you have fully complied with our registration requirements.

Housekeeper and Butler Jobs and Vacancies around the UK and in Manchester, Cheshire and North Wales

Procedures

Once we have received your registration we will:

  • We will discuss our vacancies with you and your CV and documents will be forwarded to a prospective employer.
  • Draw up a comprehensive profile and prepare a resumé for your prospective employer.
  • Carefully and rigorously check all your references before you are introduced.
  • Wherever possible, have a face to face interview or a thorough telephone interview prior to you being introduced to an employer.
  • The employer will then contact you to arrange an interview.
  • You must take all your original documents to the interview.
  • If you are offered the position there will be a two week trial period before the engagement can be confirmed.
  • After which we will provide you and the employer with a Letter of Confirmation.
  • Provide an Employment Contract & Stafftax documentation if required.
  • Assist with negotiating the Employment Contract.

The Agency is in compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Your details are only divulged to prospective Employers and Agency staff, as required. All information held on you will be safely and confidentially stored in accordance with the Act.

The Agency is an Equal Opportunities Agency and complies with current legislation including the Sex Discrimination and Race Relations Act.

Housekeeper and Butler Jobs and Vacancies around the UK and in Manchester, Cheshire and North Wales

Household & Domestic Staff Recruitment

All references are meticulously checked and verified by us over the telephone with previous Employers.

Staff are required to provide the following documentation as a minimum:

  • CV or letter listing full employment history.
  • Two written references from recent employers, one of which must be from your last employer if possible.
  • All references must have full name, address, contact telephone number, date and signature of the referee.
  • We cannot accept a reference from any member of your family.
  • Written confirmation from yourself that you are in good physical and mental health.
  • Photocopies of all relevant qualifications and certificates.
  • Photocopy of your Passport NB: If you are not a British National we must have a copy of your Passport, Visa and working papers.
  • Photocopy of Driving Licence (please copy both parts).
  • A recent passport size photograph.
  • Copy of a recent utility bill or bank statement addressed to you confirming your current address.

If you earn more than £125 gross per week your Employer is required by law to deduct Tax and National Insurance.

Click here for full details on Salaries.

CRB Information

If you require a CRB (Police check), it can be done through our on-line system or through our website.

You will be required to send original documents which are returned to you the day we receive them by Recorded Delivery. Photocopies are not acceptable.

Your application will be processed by our Government Registered Body. The current fee is £62.00. Some employers are prepared to pay for this.

Housekeeper and Butler Jobs and Vacancies around the UK and in Manchester, Cheshire and North Wales

Elderly Care Information

We offer a very personal and bespoke service supplying carefully selected Carers and Companions who look after all your needs.

To view more information about our elderly care services click here

Child Care Information

We are members of the Association of Nanny Agencies (ANA) and the British Au Pair Agencies Association (BAPAA).

To view more information about our child care services click here

Household Care Information

We can provide domestic and household Staff on a daily or residential, full time or part time, permanent or temporary basis.

To view more information about our household care services click here

Testimonial

Please pass on our grateful thanks to all your staff that cared for Jill. Thank you is never enough in these circumstances. We have come to know many of the girls who were so kind and generous with their time and care, without whom Jill would have had to be admitted to a hospital or home.

St Albans, Herts

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Dear Emily, Sarah and Trish. Thank you so much for your kind and caring attention through these past years. It is really appreciated. Mum died peacefully in her own bed, thanks to you and the Carers... the most recent of which was one of the very best carers possible. Thank you all.

Tyne & Wear

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I am writing to you to thank you for your letter and condolences. I was very impressed by the professionalism and care everyone I dealt with at Bunbury, including the two Carers that sadly never had the opportunity to look after my father. Thank you for all your help and support at what was a very difficult time for me and my father. With all good wishes.

Oxford

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Dear Mrs Potter, ...I am deeply grateful for all the loving and devoted care that was given to my father over the two years we have called on the Agency for help. I know he appreciated all that was done for him and I am thankful that I arranged the “Bunbury Birds” to look after him.

Denbighshire

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Dear Emily and the “Bunbury Birds”. I am writing to thank you very warmly for all the wonderful Carers you have so kindly supplied to look after my father ...He was so pleased to be able to live in his own home. May I say how grateful I am for all the support and help you have given me ...You have provided a wonderful service.

Leeds

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Dear Emily, Our thanks to all your kind ladies who looked after my mother in her final months. Mother loved her home which she moved into as a new bride in 1938 and it is thanks to the unstinting attention, most kindly given by the Bunbury ladies, that she was able to stay there until her peaceful end. We shall always remember their cheerful diligence and care.

Prestbury

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Dear Emily, I would like to thank you and your team for bringing comfort and happiness to Mum in what turned out to be a very short period of time since joining the ‘Rosy Rota’. As you know I was very apprehensive, wondering whether Mum would cope with the new situation. As it turned out your ladies brought laughter and fun back into her life ...her sparkle had returned.

Didsbury

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The Family and I would like to thank all member of staff and carers of the Bunbury Agency, for the time and trouble they have taken over the past three and half years, to ensure that my parents received the care required to enable them to remain in their own home. This was their strongest desire and with your help we were able to carry out their wishes. Long may your valuable work continue for many years to come.

Aylesbury

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Dear Mrs Potter, Sarah & Beth. I just wanted to thank you for all your help, through good and hard times over the past six years. Not only have you never let us down, but I have felt a very real relationship with you, as though we have been working together to keep things going. This last month has been really difficult for us all, especially seeing my mother declining with increasing rapidity. My great ambition was to keep her in her own home until the end. Without your help this would not have been achieved.

Cumbria

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I am very happy to recommend Bunbury Agency as an effective and responsible organisation.

Cheshire

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I would like to take this opportunity on behlaf of our family to thank you for all you have done in supplying our mother with very caring ladies. They all did thier utmost to make her happy and healthy in her last year.

Preston

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Trish has been the most wonderful Carer for Mum and she was all that I ever wanted from someone for Mum plus a lot more. We were so blessed that she came into our lives! Every day Mum looked forward to her coming and felt so safe and secure when she was around. It is so hard to put all Trish's wonderful qualities into words, but nothing was ever too much for her and when things got hard she was always around to help and do above and beyond what we needed. She looked after us all really! When Mum was in the hospice, she still visited which gave Mum such a boost and I will never forget her kindness in sitting with Mum the night before she died so my brothers and I could go out and have something to eat. When our elderly parents need care it's hard to entrust them to strangers and I hope that there is a "Trish" for me one day! I will never forget her and I can never thank her enough for all she has done. Thank you again for your thoughtfulness and for putting us in touch with such a wonderful person.

Tarporley, Cheshire

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Dear Mrs Green, Thank you so much for your kind letter about my mother Sylvia. She was very well looked after by all the nice Carers you provided for her. Whilst she could be a little insensitive at times due to her dementia I believe, she certainly appreciated their company and the sensitive way they looked after her. Thank you again for all you did for her.

Heswall, Wirral

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Dear Mrs Green, Thank you very much for your letter and your kind thoughts following the death of my sister. You did indeed supply three Carers for her in September and October. We were very happy with Margaret and Alex was superb in every way and did so many extra things to improve my sister's quality of life. It must have been very traumatic for her when my sister died, but I am just thankful that she was with someone who was so caring.

Gillingham

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Dear Trish, A personal note of thanks from Sue and myself for all your dedication to keeping things running smoothly at my mother's. It seems a very long time ago since you sent the first Bunbury Carer along. Sue and I have always known that we'd be alright "Trish will sort it out" - somehow!! A very big thank you.

Warrington, Cheshire

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Dear Sarah, Now that the family have made the decision that Mother should stay in the Care Home, I write to thank you and the Agency for all the help and assistance you have given over the years. We have had some "interesting" moments but the Agency has, with very few exceptions, managed to provide care to a very high standard. Please pass on our thanks to the many Carers who have been to my Mother's. Trish continues to provide wonderful support, visiting Mother each afternoon.

Tarporley, Cheshire

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Dear Mrs Green, It is with regret that I write to confirm that we will no longer require the services of your Bunbury Ladies. Most of them have proved excellent at caring for my mother who has not always been the easiest person to look after and they have exercised good sense and discretion in caring for her. As her quality of life has declined, this has been a great comfort to the family. Thank you so much for all the Agency and the Ladies did for her.

Heswall, Wirral