Maintenance Operative

Integrated Care System; Parbold; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home provider in Parbold is seeking a Maintenance Operative to ensure the high standards of maintenance are met for the elderly residents. The candidate should have solid maintenance experience, a caring attitude, and be able to handle building repairs and grounds upkeep, playing a crucial role in enhancing the quality of life for residents.

Benefits

Pension contribution of 5%

Fully funded training and development

28 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience of working within a similar environment is mandatory.
• Ability to conduct building repairs, DIY, cleaning, and housekeeping.
• An innovative, solution-based approach to maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards for internal decoration and grounds.
• Engage and support the residents to improve their quality of life.
• Collaborate with the home manager and maintenance team.

Skills

Solid maintenance experience

Technical knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems

General knowledge of plumbing and joinery

Flexible and adaptable

Resilient under pressure

Job description

This is a permanent maintenance operative role at Akari Care, a company that operates award-winning care homes for the elderly. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining the home, including internal decoration, grounds maintenance, building repairs, and utilities. The role requires experience in a similar environment, strong maintenance skills, and a caring, compassionate nature to work with vulnerable residents.

Main duties of the job

The Maintenance Operative will play a vital role in engaging with, supporting, and improving the quality of life for the residents at Akari Care's award-winning home. Working closely with the home manager and maintenance team, the successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring high standards are met in all areas of maintenance, including internal decoration, grounds maintenance and safety, building repairs, supplies, and utilities. The role requires someone who can match the company's values of personalized excellence, community spirit, and a kind, caring, and compassionate nature, while also possessing the necessary technical skills and experience.

About us

Akari Care is a company that operates award-winning care homes for the elderly, with the aim of creating an environment where residents are valued, respected, and offered the personalized care they deserve. The company is committed to providing a supportive and engaging community where everyone is respected and included.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

** This is 25hour contract **

If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve.

We now seek a Maintenance Operative who is passionate about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people.

Whilst this position is a very hands-on, practical role, it is hugely important to us that you be mindful of and conscientious to individual needs and backgrounds. As part of our home team, you will play a vital role in engaging with, supporting, and improving the quality of lives for our residents. You will carry out your tasks in a way that also promotes an approachable and respectful relationship with our residents to enable them to live a fulfilled and comfortable life with a sense of security, dignity, and self-respect.

Working in collaboration and unison with the home Manager and the wider maintenance team you will be responsible for ensuring that high standards are continually met with regards to maintenance in and around the home. This will include but is not limited to: internal decoration; grounds maintenance and safety; building repairs; supplies; and utilities. Each day will present you with challenges which must be unreservedly embraced whilst being respectful and supportive of individual and differing needs of both residents and colleagues. You will continually assess all areas of the home and provide dedicated attention if / when required. Systematically ensuring that the home is well maintained alongside imparting your knowledge to all other colleagues to ensure they adhere to the same high standards.

By showing us you can match our values with the right desire for personalised excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require.

What we require from you:

Experience of working within similar environment

Solid maintenance experience, building, DIY, cleaning, and housekeeping

Technical knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems

General knowledge of plumbing and joinery

An all-round attitude to maintenance and repairs, with an innovative solution-based approach

Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice

Work well under pressure without negative impact to those around you

Warm, approachable, and engaging persona

Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated

Resilient and adaptable to differing needs of colleagues and residents

Whats in it for you:

Pension contribution of 5%

Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes

Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid

28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)

Fully funded training and development

Support with personal development plans

The opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally

An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• The successful candidate should have experience of working in a similar environment, solid maintenance experience in areas such as building, DIY, cleaning, and housekeeping, and technical knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems. They should also have general knowledge of plumbing and joinery, and an innovative, solution-based approach to maintenance and repairs.

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.