Maintenance Assistant - Care Home

NHS; Wisbech; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

As a Maintenance Assistant at a leading UK care home provider, you'll be crucial in ensuring well-maintained surroundings for residents. The role requires property maintenance experience, attention to detail, and a caring nature to support quality care and engagement. Join a dedicated team and enjoy a comprehensive rewards package including free training and development.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts and savings

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• Some experience of property maintenance is required for this role.
• Patient and caring nature with interest in residents.
• Ability to handle a range of maintenance tasks.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the building and grounds are well-maintained.
• Undertake a range of tasks to keep areas at their best.
• Create a safe and attractive environment for residents.

Skills

Reliability

Attention to detail

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 organization to provide quality care and support to its residents. The role involves a range of tasks to ensure the building and grounds are well-maintained to the highest standards.

Main duties of the job

The Maintenance Assistant role offers variety as you'll undertake a range of tasks to make sure the care home's building and grounds are at their best all day, every day. You'll need some experience of property maintenance, a patient and caring nature, and a genuine interest in the residents. Reliability and the ability to turn your hand to a variety of tasks are also essential.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, committed to delivering high-quality care and support to its residents. The organization operates over 200 care homes across the country, employing a dedicated team of professionals to ensure the best possible experience for those in their care.

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

• Some experience of property maintenance is required for this role.

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.