Maintenance Assistant - Care Home

Integrated Care System; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading care provider is seeking a Maintenance Assistant for a part-time position in Bristol. The role involves maintaining the care home to ensure a safe, attractive environment for residents. Candidates should have property maintenance experience and a genuine interest in caring for residents, with a focus on reliability and variety in tasks.

Benefits

Free training and development for all roles

Access to wellbeing and support tools

A range of retail discounts and savings

Unlimited referrals with Refer a Friend bonus

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• Experience of property maintenance is required.
• A patient and caring nature is essential.
• Reliability and ability to handle diverse maintenance tasks are expected.

Responsibilities

• Undertake property maintenance to ensure the home is well-maintained.
• Support high standards and create a positive first impression.
• Be on-call for emergencies outside of regular hours.

Skills

Property Maintenance

Attention to Detail

Reliable

Caring Nature

Job description

As a Maintenance Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to create the safe and attractive surroundings that enable the organisation to give residents the quality care and support they deserve. The role offers variety as you'll undertake a range of tasks to ensure the building and grounds are well-maintained at all times.

Main duties of the job

The Maintenance Assistant role involves a variety of tasks to keep the care home's building and grounds well-maintained, such as performing property maintenance, ensuring a positive first impression, and supporting the overall high standards of the home. The position is part-time, 20 hours per week across 3 days, and may require being on-call for emergencies outside of regular hours.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, offering high-quality residential, nursing, and specialist care services. The organisation is committed to creating safe, comfortable, and welcoming environments for its residents, supported by a dedicated team of staff.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Maintenance Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to create the safe and attractive surroundings that enable us to give our residents the quality care and support they deserve. It's important that our homes give the right first impression and that every area is always well-maintained. The role of Maintenance Assistant offers plenty of variety as you'll undertake a range of tasks to make sure our building and grounds are at their best all day, every day.

ABOUT YOUYou'll need some experience of property maintenance to join us as a Maintenance Assistant. We'll also want to see a patient, caring nature and a genuine interest in our residents. As well as that, you should be reliable and ready to turn your hand to a range of tasks all focused on keeping the home maintained to the highest standards.

The position is part time, 20 hrs per week across 3 days mon-fri, there is an need to be able to come to the home out of hours for emergencies (on call) if required.

REWARDS PACKAGEIn return for your dedication, you'll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including:

Free training and development for all roles Access to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savings Unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend' bonus scheme Employee of the Month' rewards and Long Service Awards'

And so much more!

If you'd like to use your attention to detail and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• You'll need some experience of property maintenance to join as a Maintenance Assistant. A patient, caring nature and genuine interest in the residents are also important, as well as being reliable and able to handle a range of maintenance tasks.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.