Care Centre Assistant

Ctrg; Ledston; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

CTRG is hiring a Care Centre Assistant for our site in TOWNGATE – Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 0RA. The rate is £12.71 per hour with Monday–Friday shifts, alternating 8am–12pm and 12pm–4pm. You will support Funeralcare operations and help provide compassionate service to clients in their time of need.

Duties include cleaning vehicles, daily checks, and basic housekeeping. Other responsibilities include coffin preparation, handling floral tributes, reporting to the Care Logistics team, and ensuring

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills.
• Being a team player, building and maintaining professional relationships.
• Basic literacy, numeracy and IT skills utilising all available technology, when required.
• Willingness to learn new skills and approach challenges.
• Ability to carry out heavy lifting and manual handling from strained positions.
• Required to always act with discretion and empathy.
• The ability to react calmly and compassionately in emotional circumstances

Responsibilities

• Clean Funeralcare vehicles on a day-to-day basis including polish & wax routine.
• Carry out daily & weekly vehicle checks.
• Assist in general housekeeping in both public and private areas, report any building and equipment maintenance to a manager.
• Fully prepare all types of coffins.
• Handle floral tributes with care.
• Reporting to the Care Logistics Management team and responding appropriately to instructions.
• Ensuring you fully comply with all Health and safety requirements and checks.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Team player

Basic literacy, numeracy and IT skills

Willingness to learn

Heavy lifting and manual handling

Discretion and empathy

Calm under emotional circumstances

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for you to work with our client as a Care Centre Assistant in TOWNGATE - Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 0RA

Your pay rate and shifts as Care Centre Assistant:

Monday to Friday alternating between 8am to 12 noon and 12 noon to 4pm - £ 12.71 p/h

As an advocate of the Funeralcare brand this role is critical in "Helping our clients say their best goodbye"

The role is integral behind the scenes as well as supporting Funeralcare operational front-line colleagues to support clients in their time of need.

Your role as a Care Centre Assistant:

• Clean Funeralcare vehicles on a day-to-day basis including polish & wax routine
• Carry out daily & weekly vehicle checks.
• Assist in general housekeeping in both public and private areas, report any building and equipment maintenance to a manager.
• Fully Prepare all types of coffins.
• Handle floral tributes with care.
• Reporting to the Care Logistics Management team and responding appropriately to instructions.
• Ensuring you fully comply with all Health and safety requirements and checks.

Although you will not be dealing directly with the deceased, please be mindful you will be in the same environment to where the deceased will be cared for.

What you'll do - Being there for each other:

• Working with other colleagues to promote teamwork to ensure high standards of service delivery.
• Always maintaining a professional and dignified manner.
• Ensuring the use of appropriate equipment and approved manual handling techniques are complied with to eliminate the possibility of accident or injury.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Strong communication skills.
• Being a team player, building and maintaining professional relationships.
• Basic literacy, numeracy and IT skills utilising all available technology, when required.
• Willingness to learn new skills and approach challenges.
• Ability to carry out heavy lifting and manual handling from strained positions.
• Required to always act with discretion and empathy.
• The ability to react calmly and compassionately in emotional circumstances

CTRG are a Flexible Pay Employer that offers Stream. The money management app lets you choose when to get paid, put money aside each week, get discounts on your shopping, check your benefits entitlement, and much more.

CTRG has partnered up with the Company Shop, which will enable our staff and colleagues the opportunity to access their membership scheme free of charge. You can gain access to discounted food at up to 70% off the recommended retail price.

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) in all our employment practices to all employees, temporary workers, and applicants for employment without regard to age, gender reassignment, married or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

TOWNGATE - Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 0RA

CTRG limited is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.