Maintenance Person

itTentive; Guildford; On-site; Part time

Job summary

A leading care home in Guildford seeks a Maintenance person to ensure a safe and well-maintained environment for its residents. The role involves, repairs, conducting safety checks, and fostering a caring atmosphere. Full training is given, and a competitive part-time salary of £16.23 per hour is offered with various employee benefits.

Benefits

Paid holiday

Pension

Staff recognition schemes

Bonus for ideas

Refer a Friend bonus

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Training and Career Development

Supportive working environment

Dedicated Mental Health Champion

Qualifications

• Experience in painting and decorating is required.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety, COSHH, Fire Safety, and Food Safety is essential.
• Friendly and caring nature with excellent people skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for repairs and maintenance across the home.
• Conduct safety checks on various equipment and create a maintenance programme.
• Interact with residents daily while maintaining their dignity.

Skills

Health and Safety knowledge

Painting and decorating

Caring nature

Job description

Why join us?

We’re proud of our happy home and are dedicated to creating a place where everyone enjoys coming to work each day.

As well being part of a lively and supportive team, we are surrounded by fascinating residents who also bring so much to our lives every day too.

Benefits of joining our team

• £16.23 per hour
• Part time position - 36 hours per week
• Weekday shifts
• Monday to Friday – 9am to 5pm except Wednesdays (9am to 1pm)
• Paid holiday
• Pension
• Staff recognition schemes
• I have an idea £50 bonus
• Refer a Friend bonus of up to £1000
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Comprehensive Training and Career Development
• A friendly and supportive working environment
• Dedicated Mental Health Champion

About the role

As our Maintenance person you will be responsible for all repairs and maintenance across our home. You’ll walk the home daily to pro-actively identify any areas that need attention, whilst also conducting regular safety checks on various equipment. You’ll create a maintenance programme for the home alongside our Home Manager and of course you’ll interact with our residents on a daily basis - so you’ll be friendly, caring and kind whilst respecting our residents’ dignity at all times.

Here’s some other important things you need to know:

• You will need to be experienced at painting and decorating. Having electrical and plumbing skills would be beneficial but not essential
• You will need to demonstrate that you have excellent knowledge of Health and Safety, COSHH, Fire Safety and Food Safety
• You will keep up to date and accurate records of all checks and repairs completed and scheduled

The Ideal Candidate

Exceptional people make an exceptional care home

We're looking for people who have a caring nature and want to work as part of an amazing team, surrounded by kindness and fun! For most of the roles in our vibrant care home, you don’t need specific qualifications or experience to be successful as full training is provided.

What we do look for are individuals who share our sense of compassion, care about people’s comfort and happiness and want to make a positive difference to the lives of our treasured residents and team members.