Maintenance Assistant

Bramley Court Care Home; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A care home in Greater London seeks a Maintenance Officer to handle repairs and maintenance across the home. You will proactively identify maintenance needs and conduct safety checks. The role requires experience in maintenance tasks like painting and decorating, knowledge of Health and Safety, and good interpersonal skills. Full training is provided, ensuring you can make a positive impact on our residents' lives in a caring and supportive environment. Part-time position involves on-call maintenance duties.

Benefits

£12.50 per hour

Paid holiday

Pension

Staff recognition schemes

Cycle to work scheme

Refer a Friend bonus of up to £1,000

Employee Assistance Programme

Comprehensive Training and Career Development

Friendly and supportive working environment

Dedicated mental health champions

Qualifications

• Experience in relevant maintenance duties, particularly in a care home setting.
• Willingness to take on on-call maintenance responsibilities.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and a caring nature.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Experience in painting and decorating

Knowledge of Health and Safety

Knowledge of COSHH, Fire Safety, and Food Safety

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 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

• £12.50 per hour
• Part time - 16 hours per week
• Monday and Friday shifts
• Paid holiday
• Pension
• Staff recognition schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Refer a Friend bonus of up to £1,000
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Comprehensive Training and Career Development
• A friendly and supportive working environment
• Dedicated mental health champions

About the role

As our Maintenance Officer you will be responsible for all repairs and maintenance across our home. You’ll walk the home daily to proactively 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.

You will need to be available for on call maintenance

• Experienced at painting and decorating – having electrical and plumbing skills would be beneficial but not essential.
• Excellent knowledge of Health and Safety, COSHH, Fire Safety and Food Safety.
• 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 peoples comfort and happiness and want to make a positive difference to the lives of our treasured residents and team members.

About us and our home

Caring for Our Mental Health.

Together

At Bramley Court Care Home, we believe a happy, supported team delivers the best care. That’s why we’ve signed the

Mental Health at Work Commitment

developed by experts with six essential standards that help us to create a home where everyone feels safe, valued, and able to thrive.

From trained Mental Health Champions to our online

Wellbeing & Mindfulness Space, we make sure our people have the tools, time, and support they need.

Because your wellbeing matters here and when we take care of our minds, we can take care of each other and our residents even better.