Maintenance Assistant - Care Home

NHS; Wokingham; On-site; Full time

Job summary

As a Maintenance Assistant at a leading care home provider, you'll ensure a safe and attractive environment for residents. This role involves various maintenance tasks, requiring a caring nature and reliability. Join us to make a positive impact.

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

• Some experience in property maintenance is required.
• Willingness to learn and commitment to providing excellent care.

Responsibilities

• Undertake property maintenance tasks to keep the home in top condition.
• Ensure the building and grounds are well-maintained.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Adaptability

Reliability

Job description

Job summary

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, making a positive impact on the first impression and everyday experience of the residents.

Main duties of the job

The Maintenance Assistant role at Barchester Healthcare's care home in Wokingham offers a rewarding opportunity to contribute to the well-being of residents. You'll undertake a variety of property maintenance tasks to keep the home in top condition, from general repairs and maintenance to grounds keeping. A patient, caring nature and a genuine interest in the residents are essential, as is the ability to work reliably and be adaptable to different tasks.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, dedicated to delivering the highest quality of care and support to its residents. The organization places a strong emphasis on creating a comfortable, safe, and welcoming environment for the people in its care.

Details

• Date posted: 17 May 2025
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £14 an hour
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
• Reference number: 1304768742

Job locations

• Barchester Healthcare, Wokingham, RG41 2TA

Job description

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLE

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. 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 YOU

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 all focused on keeping the home maintained to the highest standards.

REWARDS PACKAGE

In 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 in property maintenance is required for this role. No specific qualifications are mentioned, but a willingness to learn and a commitment to providing excellent care are important.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

• Employer name: Barchester Healthcare
• Address: Barchester Healthcare, Wokingham, RG41 2TA

Employer's website: https://www.barchester.com/