Maintenance

Shaftesbury group; London Borough of Bromley; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday off

Gift vouchers based on CQC rating

Recognition program

Training package

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Shaftesbury is hiring a part-time Maintenance Person in Bromley to join our day centre team. The role is 30 hours per week with pay at £12.80 per hour, offering a rewarding community setting.

You will perform general maintenance, inspections, and safety checks, handle light repairs, painting, gardening, and other tasks to keep facilities running smoothly, while supporting health and safety and reporting needs.

Responsibilities

• General maintenance and repairs for assigned equipment/facilities.
• Regular inspection, logging and reporting of items for specialist maintenance.
• Minor repairs, painting, building furniture, changing light bulbs, unblocking toilets and gardening.
• Support with Health and Safety within the service, ensuring no hazards.
• Next Steps is a day centre that supports young adults with learning disabilities and complex needs.

Job description

Maintenance (Part Time)

Location: Bromley

Salary: £12.80 per hour

Hours: 30 hours per week

Are you the candidate we are looking for? At Shaftesbury Next Steps we are recruiting for an experienced General Maintenance Person.

Please note this role does not qualify for visa sponsorship, as the service is not registered with CQC as per the guidelines set by the Home Office.

We are looking for people with the passion, talent, skills and experience that all add up to a caring and community-minded workforce.

We believe that the people we support have the right to a full and flourishing life. They deserve the very best in delivery. Driven by our core values, Shaftesbury strives to be Open, Enabling, Inclusive and Courageous in all that we do.

Our disability services across adult care, children’s care and education are all focused on inclusion and support. Committed to professional, flexible and personalised care, we are passionate about going the extra mile in providing opportunities for people to thrive and live well.

About the role

As a Maintenance person you will be required to perform general maintenance or repairs for assigned equipment/facilities. You will also be required to regularly inspect, log and report items for specialist maintenance.

Examples of general duties will include minor repairs, painting, building furniture, changing light bulbs, unblocking toilets and gardening.

You will also need to support with the Health and Safety within the service, ensuring that there are no hazards in place.

Next Steps is a day centre that supports young adults with learning disabilities and complex needs to learn and develop life-skills and build confidence.

Our caring and friendly staff, encourage people we support to participate in various activities that challenges them to reach their full potential. Activities that include arts & crafts, sport, fitness and wellbeing, and gardening and horticulture

Benefits of working at Shaftesbury

• Happy Birthday to you! As well as sending you a birthday card, all frontline care staff can have the opportunity to take the day off on their birthday, taken from your annual entitlement.
• Great CQC, great reward. If your service is rated good or equivalent by CQC in all domains, all staff will receive a £30 gift voucher. If rated outstanding, all staff will receive a £50 gift voucher.
• We want to reward staff in a range of ways for their hard work. You can be nominated for a recognition letter from a member of the Executive Leadership Team and you may also be nominated to receive a gift voucher up to £50 for going above and beyond within your role.
• Excellent training package provided for all staff.
• Generous Annual Leave entitlement of 25 days + 8 days bank holiday for the first 5 years. Increasing to 28 days + 8 days bank holiday after 5 years.
• Pension Scheme.
• Access to our employee assistance program.

Shaftesbury is the disability charity that’s committed to enabling children, young people and adults to live a life that adds up for them.

What makes life liveable is never down to just one thing - it’s the sum of many things. From friendship to fun; from companionship to community; from a great chat to a challenge overcome, it all adds up – to Shaftesbury.

Through a wide range of disability care, special education, and rehabilitation services we promote inclusion and wellbeing for all. Together, we work to see people take part, contribute and be valued. We put the elements in place that all add up to connected lives.

Shaftesbury is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS/Access NI check.

Shaftesbury is committed to the Disability Confident Scheme and to equal opportunities therefore we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.