Care Assistant

Integra Wills & Estate Planning; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a vibrant care home as a Maintenance person, where you'll ensure the facility is safe and well-maintained. You'll interact daily with residents, providing a friendly and supportive environment. Full training is provided, making this an excellent opportunity for those with a caring nature.

Benefits

Paid holiday

Pension

Staff recognition schemes

Refer a Friend bonus of up to £1000

Employee Assistance Programme

Comprehensive Training and Career Development

Cycle to work scheme

Friendly and supportive working environment

Dedicated mental health champions

Qualifications

• Experience in painting and decorating required.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety regulations essential.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all repairs and maintenance across the home.
• Conduct regular safety checks on various equipment.
• Create a maintenance programme alongside the Home Manager.

Skills

Health and Safety

COSHH

Fire Safety

Food Safety

Painting and Decorating

Job description

Why join us?

We’re proud of our happy home and are dedicated to creating a place where everyone enjoys coming to work each day.

As well being part of a lively and supportive team, we are surrounded by fascinating residents who also bring so much to our lives every day too.

Benefits of joining our team

• £13.84 per hour
• Full time - 40 hour contract
• Monday to Friday
• 9am to 5pm shifts
• Paid holiday
• Pension
• Staff recognition schemes
• Refer a Friend bonus of up to £1000
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Comprehensive Training and Career Development
• Cycle to work scheme
• A friendly and supportive working environment
• Dedicated mental health champions

About the role

As our Maintenance person you will be responsible for all repairs and maintenance across our home. You’ll walk the home daily to pro-actively identify any areas that need attention, whilst also conducting regular safety checks on various equipment. You’ll create a maintenance programme for the home alongside our Home Manager and of course you’ll interact with our residents on a daily basis - so you’ll be friendly, caring and kind whilst respecting our residents’ dignity at all times.

Here’s some other important things you need to know:

• You will need to be experienced at painting and decorating. Having electrical and plumbing skills would be beneficial but not essential
• You will need to demonstrate that you have excellent knowledge of Health and Safety, COSHH, Fire Safety and Food Safety
• You will keep up to date and accurate records of all checks and repairs completed and scheduled

The Ideal Candidate

Exceptional people make an exceptional care home

We're looking for people who have a caring nature and want to work as part of an amazing team, surrounded by kindness and fun! For most of the roles in our vibrant care home, you don’t need specific qualifications or experience to be successful as full training is provided.

What we do look for are individuals who share our sense of compassion, care about people’s comfort and happiness and want to make a positive difference to the lives of our treasured residents and team members.