Name: APM Cleaning
Address: B2, Kingfisher House, Kingsway N, Gateshead, NE11 0JQ
Telephone: 0191 273 4600

Extra Care Facility

APM provides cleaning services to local authority Extra Care facilities and social housing companies across the North of England.

We specialise in the safe and professional cleaning of care environments to the highest standards and currently list Karbon Homes, Durham County Council Extra Care Facilites, Karbon Homes Social Housing Facilities, Castles and Coasts Social Housing, Cumbria Housing and Newcastle City Council among our Social Care clients.

The highest standards of cleanliness

As key workers, APM Cleaning and Repair Ltd has signed up to the Infection Prevention Solutions Partnership Programme. Our aim is to use the training provided by qualified Infection Control Nurses, alongside a robust quality assurance process, to provide you with a cleaning service that will meet and exceed Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards.

We’ve invested in Hygiena EnSURE Touch Luminometer ATP Testing kits for use with SureSnap swabs and our staff clean all non-clinical surroundings to the equivalent of 50-100 RLUs (relative light units) – the standard for NHS public spaces.

Fogging for fast and effective deep cleans

We also use electrostatic spraying technology – and fogging – to keep Extra Care facility environments safe for our clients.

Electrostatic spray sanitisation is a non-invasive professional cleaning service that’s ideal for combating airborne pathogens. It provides the level of deep cleaning needed to open and maintain clean workspaces safely and to support Extra Care facilities in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Electrostatic Spraying is both fast and effective. Any areas that need to be deep cleaned and accessed again at speed, like social housing environments or Extra Care facilities, can be ready to reopen and use just one hour after treatment – with the peace of mind that they’re completely free of bacteria or viruses.

A spotless finish

APM use NHS approved products to ensure a spotless finish, clean all glass and reflective surfaces a second time to ensure a non-streaky finish.

Infection control
We provide mandatory staff training on infection control, COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations), manual handling and safeguarding.

When cleaning areas around a person with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19), all APM team members wear the minimum amount of Personal Protective Equipment – a protective mask, disposable gloves and an apron – as per Government guidelines.

Our cleaning staff are trained to perform deep domestic cleaning where Social services are the guardians of vulnerable people living in the community.

Communal Areas
Our highly-trained teams can service the communal areas in buildings on either a weekly, fortnightly or four-weekly basis. We work across a range of apartment blocks and resident’s associations in the North of England to provide a safe and professional level of cleanliness.

A professional and approachable commercial cleaning and facilities management company, our fully-trained staff members focus on providing a wide range of safe, effective and efficient cleaning services for all our clients.

“Karbon Homes would recommend APM Cleaning & Repair to any company that requires communal cleaning, deep cleaning, or regular cleaning.”

Karbon Homes

Communal area cleaning

Our communal area can cleans include:
Cleaning high touch points with virucidal products
Vacuuming or mopping all floors as appropriate
Cleaning all internal windows
Cleaning all horizontal surfaces
Full washroom services
Emptying bins
Kitchen maintenance
Cleaning carpets
Polishing door furniture
Laundering soft furnishings
Cleaning upholstery

Call us today to book a free survey t: 0191 273 4600 or m: 079577 38300 or email: enquiries@apmcleaningltd.co.uk

Free staff training programmes

We know that, as key workers, excellent cleaning staff are a valuable asset to society – and to a wide range of businesses. We offer free training for people who want to come and work for us, upskilling them to the highest standards and providing them with a high level of employability.

All team members hold or are working towards an NVQ Level II in Cleaning & Support Services. In addition, each member of staff holds a DBS certificate and a CSCS card and is trained in:

Infection control
Asbestos awareness
Manual handling
Safeguarding
Biohazard prevention & Spills
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH)
Sharps Training

Covid-19

Support for our elderly clients

Where appropriate during the Coronavirus pandemic, we’re supporting our elderly domestic clients by collecting and delivering their shopping - including prescriptions.

Hygiene tests for local businesses

As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting our clients with infection control, we’re launching a limited number of free Covid-19 hygiene tests.

This service is open to small businesses (under 50 employees) based in and around our head office at Team Valley, Gateshead who can book a test following a successful infection control assessment.

CQC standards of service

Specific Social Care Accreditations and memberships

When providing professional cleaning services, we know that safety is key. Especially in Social Care environments. For your peace of mind, APM staff are trained dementia-friends and the company is accredited and certified by a wide range of specialist professional bodies including:

Accreditations:

ISO 45001 Health & Safety
ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems
ISO 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System
Enhanced CHAS status
CSCS Cards held by staff working in Construction

Qualifications:

IICRC qualified.
IOSH qualified (Operations Manager)

Certifications:

The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration (IICRC)
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
The British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc)
The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS)
Woolsafe Approved (carpet cleaning services)
ICO
Cyber Essentials
NVQ Level II

“At the beginning of 2020, APM were awarded the contract to clean the communal areas at a number of our general needs schemes across the organisation. However due to the Covid-19 situation just prior to the start of the contract, we identified that we needed additional cleaning resource to provide essential cleaning within our Sheltered Schemes for older and in many cases vulnerable residents.

APM were exceptional. They responded to our additional request immediately, provided resource at very short notice, and addressed any concerns we had around safety, which was paramount. This was in addition to fulfilling their contract and providing individual deep clean services when requested to an excellent standard.”

Sarah Anderson-Woolett, Castles and Coasts

All team members hold or are working towards an NVQ Level II in Cleaning & Support Services. In addition, each member of staff holds a DBS certificate and a CSCS card. Each APM employee is also equipped with virucidal products, PPE, FSP3 moulded face masks and safety goggles and is trained in:

Infection control
Asbestos awareness
Manual handling
Safeguarding
Biohazard prevention & spills
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH)

The highest standards of cleanliness

Electrostatic spraying technology and fogging – are further tools we employ to keep environments safe.

In addition, our ATP testing found that chlorine gave the best disinfectant results, so we use chlorine tabs and, to ensure a spotless finish, clean all glass and reflective surfaces a second time to ensure a non-streaky finish.

Our Social Care clients
Peace of mind
We specialise in the safe and professional cleaning of Social Care environments across the North of England with a client list that includes:

Karbon Homes – Social Housing Facilities
Durham County Council – Extra Care facilities
Castles & Coasts – Social Housing
Newcastle City Council – Deep Cleaning as instructed by Newcastle City Council's Social services.
Gateshead Council – approved supplier for all aspects of cleaning
North Tyneside Council – approved supplier for all aspects of cleaning
Cumbria Housing – Social Housing
Prosper – approved supplier for Housing