Maintenance Assistant - Care Home

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

As a Maintenance Assistant at a leading care home provider, you will ensure a safe and attractive environment for residents. This role offers variety and requires experience in property maintenance, along with a caring nature. Join a rewarding organization that values quality care.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts and savings

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• Experience in property maintenance required.
• Patient, caring nature and genuine interest in residents.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the care home to the highest standards.
• Ensure building and grounds are well-kept.
• Undertake a range of maintenance tasks.

Skills

Property Maintenance

Attention to Detail

Reliability

Job description

As 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. The role 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.

Main duties of the job

The Maintenance Assistant role involves a range of tasks focused on keeping the care home maintained to the highest standards. This includes undertaking property maintenance work, ensuring the building and grounds are well-kept, and helping to create a safe and attractive environment for residents.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care and support services in the UK. With a focus on delivering person-centred care, Barchester operates over 200 care homes across the country, employing thousands of dedicated staff members.

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.

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 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.

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.