Assistant: Retirement Plus

Bield Housing and Care; Dundee; Presencial; GBP 13.000 - 16.000; A tiempo parcial

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Generous holiday entitlement

Long Service Awards

Occupational Sick Pay

Family Friendly Policies

Cycle to Work Scheme

Career breaks

Employee Assistance Programme

Disclosure checks paid

Descripción de la vacante

Bield Housing and Care is seeking an Assistant at Bonnethill Gardens in Dundee. You will help keep shared spaces clean and assist with meals for tenants, ensuring safety and quality in a supportive retirement living environment.

This permanent, part-time role involves 20 hours per week on-site in Dundee, with duties that promote independent living for older residents. We value kindness and reliability in a compassionate care team.

Formación

• Experience in a similar post is desirable; training provided.
• Ability to assist with food preparation under guidance.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness in common areas.
• Calmly respond to calls for assistance including emergencies.
• Follow simple procedures involving development equipment.
• Ability to work without supervision.
• Commitment to confidentiality.
• Willingness to work a shift rota including weekends.

Responsabilidades

• Maintain cleanliness in all common areas of the building.
• Assist the Cook with preparation and delivery of meals to tenants.
• Provide general assistance to tenants and support independent living.

Conocimientos

Experience in similar role

Food preparation assistance

Cleanliness and hygiene maintenance

Response to calls and emergencies

Follow procedures

Independent working

Confidentiality

Shift work including weekends

Descripción del empleo

Assistant: Retirement Plus

• Company: Bield Housing and Care
• Salary: from £14,200 a year, pro rata
• Hours: Part-time
• Location: dundee, DD3 7HB
• Working pattern: On-site
• Job type: Permanent
• Posting date: 11 Nov 2026
• Closing date: 25 Nov 2026

Summary

Assistant (Retirement Plus) Opportunity in Dundee, Bonnethill Gardens

Bield is one of the largest providers of housing and support services to older people in Scotland. We value kindness above all, and at Bield, you will have a unique opportunity to have a positive impact. If you share our values, we’d love for you to join our team and help us on our journey.

We are currently looking for a caring and enthusiastic person to join our Bonnethill Gardens team in Dundee. Our team provide high quality care at home services to older people in a Bield housing development.

The Role

As an Assistant you will be undertaking a range of duties, ensuring the development maintains a high level of cleanliness within all common areas of the building. You will also be involved in assisting the Cook with the preparation and delivery of a flexible meals service to tenants in accordance with food safety and service standards as well as provide general assistance to tenants on issues relating to the development.

You will work as part of the team ensuring a high quality care and support with a focus on maximising the independent living skills of older people and maintaining a safe and comfortable environment for the tenants of the development.

Hours of employment are 20 hours per week.

Role Requirements

• Experience working in a similar post is desirable, although not essential as training will be provided.
• Ability to assist with food preparation of a meal where guidance is provided and the ability to heat a prepared meal or prepare a simple evening meal.
• Ability to maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene within the common areas of the development.
• Ability to calmly and appropriately respond to calls for assistance including occasional emergency situations i.e. fire alarm sounding, flood within the development.
• Ability to follow simple procedures involving development equipment.
• Ability to work without supervision.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to work over a shift rota including days, evenings and weekends.

Please see the attachment above for the full job description and person specification.

What we offer

• Generous holiday entitlement
• Long Service Awards
• Occupational Sick Pay
• Family Friendly Policies
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Career breaks
• Employee Assistance Programme
• We pay the cost of Disclosure checks for employment opportunities
• There may be an option to work additional hours in your own or other services, although this can’t always be guaranteed

Important Information

Bield Housing & Care does not currently hold a sponsorship licence – we are unable to support visa applications at this time.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) which means you must disclose all unspent and relevant spent convictions on your application.

Disability Confident

Bield is a proud disability confident accredited employer. As users of the disability symbol, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the vacancy minimum criteria.

In order to help you succeed, we will make all required reasonable adjustments to facilitate your inclusion during our recruitment and selection process. Adjustments will vary from person to person; if you wish to discuss how Bield can support you throughout the recruitment process, please get in touch.

Bield Housing & Care. Scottish Charity no. SC006878 I Property Factor PF000146

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About Disability Confident

Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.