Mobile Caretaker

Great Places Housing Association; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension ¦ DC Scheme (up to 10% match)

Healthcare auto enrolled at no contrib

Market Place discounts (high street,休)

Annual Leave 26-30 days + bank hols

Rewards & Recognition

Season ticket loans

Wage Stream early wage access

Job summary

Great Places Housing Association in Blackpool is seeking a Mobile Caretaker to help manage four Independent Living & Wellbeing schemes. You will travel between sites using a company vehicle, maintaining clean, safe communal areas and carrying out health and safety checks.

You will respond to queries, support residents, and contribute to the smooth running of communities with a professional, customer-focused approach.

Qualifications

• Full UK manual driving licence.
• Experience in a similar Caretaker role.
• Competent in IT and using PDAs.
• Ability to work as part of a team or on your own.
• Ability to manage your own time and work to deadlines.
• Demonstrate a positive can do attitude.
• A flexible approach to the working day.
• You are as comfortable working on your own as you are as part of a team.
• Site Health and Safety awareness.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and maintain a high standard of cleanliness, safety and repair to estates, blocks and schemes.
• Hoovering, sweeping, mopping, cleaning of communal areas and external spaces.
• Carry out minor repairs in communal areas (bulbs, door handles, weeds, jet washing, painting, graffiti removal).
• Carry out regular litter picking of external areas to keep schemes clean and safe.
• Health & Safety checks to ensure safe environments and report issues to Compliance.
• Undertake routine health and safety inspections per policy.
• Check communal lighting, fire safety equipment, exits, signage and housekeeping standards.
• Identify and report hazards, risks, accidents and safeguarding concerns.
• Maintain records of inspections and actions taken.

Skills

UK driving licence

IT proficiency

PDAs familiarity

Team player

Time management

Flexible working

Independence

Health and safety awareness

Tools

PDAs

Job description

Mobile Caretaker

Location: Blackpool

Salary: £25,354

You will act as a key point of contact for customers while on site, managing queries and expectations and promoting a positive image of Great Places through a professional and customer-focused approach.

Working as part of a dedicated mobile and flexible team, you will support the effective management of our customers' accommodation and contribute to the successful running of Great Places communities.

You will provide a professional caretaking service across four Independent Living & Wellbeing Schemes in Blackpool. Using a company-provided vehicle, you will travel between the four schemes on a cyclical programme.

The role is responsible for maintaining clean, safe and welcoming communal environments, carrying out health and safety inspections, identifying and reporting repairs, undertaking litter picking of external areas, and supporting the overall wellbeing of residents.

What you’ll be doing

• Responsible for delivering and maintaining a high standard of cleanliness, safety and repair to our estates, blocks and schemes. Including communal areas such as lounges, corridors, entrance foyers, stairwells, kitchens, laundry rooms, offices, toilets and external communal spaces.

• Carrying out hoovering, sweeping, mopping, cleaning of communal doors, glazed areas, lighting, high & low level dusting, ensuring all areas are clean and litter free.

• You will be carrying out any minor repairs or proactive maintenance in communal areas, including but not limited to; light bulbs, door handles, removal of weeds from hard standings / path areas, jet washing, painting / moss removal/touching up of walls, graffiti removal, adjusting light timers etc.

• Carry out regular litter picking of external communal areas, including entrances, pathways, car parks, bin stores, landscaped areas and surrounding grounds ensuring schemes remain clean, safe, attractive and free from environmental hazards.

• You will also carry out Health & Safety checks ensuring communal areas are free from combustible materials, slip and trip hazards, carrying out emergency light, fire alarm, legionella testing, reporting any issues identified to Compliance. To ensure schemes are consistently maintained to create a safe, welcoming and dignified environment for residents, visitors and colleagues.

• Undertake routine health and safety inspections in accordance with company policies and procedures.

• Carry out checks on communal lighting, fire safety equipment, emergency exits, signage, housekeeping standards and other statutory compliance requirements.

• Identify and report hazards, risks, accidents, near misses and safeguarding concerns, ensuring appropriate action is taken to minimise risk.

• Assist in maintaining accurate records of inspections, checks and actions completed.

What you’ll need

• Full UK manual driving licence

• To have worked in a similar Caretaker role and competent at carrying out general handy person tasks

• Competent in IT and using PDAs

• Ability to work as part of a team or on your own

• Ability to manage your own time and work to deadlines

• Demonstrate a positive can do attitude

• A flexible approach to the working day

• You are as comfortable working on your own as you are as part of a team

• Site Health and Safety awareness for yourself and others

What we need from you

• You will be required to attend a number of face to face training sessions as well as virtual sessions and e-learning this part of your role is vital and of equal importance as the day to day aspects.

• A commitment to understand the challenges and opportunities that exist in the communities in which we work. We particularly value lived experience in social housing

• A passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities

• Respecting professional boundaries and conducting yourself and a professional manner at all times

• A commitment to work in partnership with others for the benefit of Great Places

• To be professional and work with integrity, inclusivity and respect for diversity

What we give you in return for your hard work and commitment

• Pension ¦ DC Scheme (up to 10% contribution from both colleague and Great Places)

• WPA ¦ Healthcare auto enrolled at no contribution level with £1250 of savings available- option to increase & add on family members

• The Market Place ¦ High street, restaurant & supermarket discounts, gym memberships, cycle to work, smart tech loans and much more

• Annual Leave ¦ Start at 26 days annual leave, increasing up to 30 days within 5 years+ Bank Holidays

• Reward & Recognition ¦ You Count Rewards are individual reward’s for going ‘above & beyond’

• Help with transport ¦ We offer season ticket loans, an affordable way to purchase season tickets for public transport at discounted rates.

• Wage Stream ¦ You can access savings opportunities and early access to wages

At Great Places we believe the wellbeing of our colleagues is vital to enable them to deliver to great services, all your benefits can be used inside and outside of work.

Great Places Housing Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all our colleagues to share this commitment.

All successful applicant(s) will be subject to an enhanced criminal records background check (Child and Adult Workforce, Child Barred List). Further detail on our commitment to safeguarding children/young people & vulnerable adults can be found in the Great Places Housing Group Safeguarding Policy & Recruitment Policy on our website.