Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £26,824 (Level one) rising to £27,694 (Level three) per annum - pay award pending
Location: Office - Loxley House, Station Street, and Workshop - Lenton
We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
About the Role
The Preventative Adaptations (PAD) scheme, delivered within the Adaptations and Renewals Agency, provides essential minor adaptations that enable older citizens to remain independent and reduce the risk of falls. These interventions prevent avoidable hospital admissions, increases in home care packages and admissions to residential care. The service is available to all city residents aged 60 and over, across all housing tenures.
Following a risk assessment in the citizen's home, PAD Operatives carry out installation works within occupied residential properties. The role requires a high standard of practical joinery skills, strong organisation, and the ability to work independently while delivering a sensitive, customer focused service.
You will install a range of preventative adaptations, including:
* Grab rails to baths, showers, walls and entrance doors
* Additional stair rails
* Chair raisers and minor joinery adaptations
* Replacing a high step to front or rear entrance door with shallow steps
* Threshold strips and minor access adaptations
In addition to on-site work in residents' homes, you will also be required to work within a workshop environment. This includes the manufacture and preparation of handrails and other components using cutting and shaping equipment, maintaining stock levels, and ensuring materials are prepared safely and efficiently. You will be expected to maintain a safe working environment at all times, adhering to health and safety procedures, and to work collaboratively alongside other operatives and team members where required.
The role involves driving a Council van to and from jobs across the city, managing tools and materials, managing a caseload and planning efficient daily routes.
These low-cost, high-impact interventions directly support the Council's priorities around prevention, independent living, and reducing pressure on health and social care services. In this role, you will make a tangible difference to people's lives every day.
About You
Essential criteria
* Experience of making, preparing and installing adaptations or similar works within domestic settings, using appropriate tools, fixings and methods for a range of surfaces and property types
* Ability to work independently and on own initiative, including planning and managing a caseload, materials and travel routes
* Effective communication skills, with the ability to deal sensitively and respectfully with residents who have differing needs, including older people and those with physical disabilities
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
This post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) (English Language Requirement for public sector workers) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English, is an essential requirement for the role.
You can find the job description for this post here.
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Ruth Stallwood, Adaptations & Renewals - Team Manager, by telephone on 0115 876 2900 or by email at ruth.stallwood@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Closing Date: 18th May 2026
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Practical Skills Test: 27th May 2026
Interviews: 2nd June 2026
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