Maintenance Assistant/Gardener - Care Home

NHS; Wealden; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading care provider as a Maintenance Assistant/Gardener, where you’ll enhance the lives of residents through your expertise in maintaining beautiful surroundings. This rewarding role requires a caring nature and previous experience in maintenance and gardening, offering ongoing training and a supportive work environment.

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

• Previous experience of maintenance and gardening is required.
• A caring, patient nature and genuine interest in supporting residents are essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintain buildings and gardens to the highest possible standards.
• Create positive first impressions for residents and visitors.

Skills

Attention to detail

People skills

Job description

Maintenance Assistant/Gardener - Care Home

As a Maintenance Assistant/Gardener 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. Your contribution as a Maintenance Assistant/Gardener will be important in maintaining the buildings and gardens to the highest possible standards, creating positive first impressions and making a difference to the lives of our residents.

Main duties of the job

You'll maintain our buildings and gardens to the highest possible standards, creating positive first impressions and making a difference to the lives of our residents in this varied and fulfilling role. To join us as a Maintenance Assistant/Gardener, you'll need previous experience of maintenance and gardening. We'll also look for a caring, patient nature and a genuine interest in the people we support.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, committed to delivering high-quality care and support to residents. They pride themselves on the quality and appearance of their homes, recognizing the importance of the environment in enhancing the care experience.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Maintenance Assistant/Gardener 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. We take real pride in the quality and appearance of our homes. We also know that our grounds can be a source of great enjoyment for our residents and their visitors. That's why your contribution as a Maintenance Assistant/Gardener will be so important. You'll maintain our buildings and gardens to the highest possible standards, creating positive first impressions and making a difference to the lives of our residents in this varied and fulfilling role.

ABOUT YOU To join us as a Maintenance Assistant/Gardener, you'll need previous experience of maintenance and gardening. We'll also look for a caring, patient nature and a genuine interest in the people we support. At Barchester, you'll have the opportunity to develop your career and your skills further on our training programmes all of which are designed to ensure that you feel confident in all aspects of your role.

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

• Previous experience of maintenance and gardening is required. A caring, patient nature and genuine interest in supporting residents are also essential.

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.