Overview
We are now recruiting for a skilled Maintenance person to join our team here at Springcare.
Here at Springcare we believe that a good maintenance person enjoys making a difference to the lives of older people and prides themselves in providing a safe and well-maintained environment for our residents to live in.
Responsibilities
* Preventative maintenance and general building repair such as repairing broken locks, doors, and other loose fittings.
* Carrying out routine checks on equipment and services such as fire alarms, extinguishers, fire doors, and tasks in the home\'s maintenance books.
* Minor plumbing and carpentry.
* Painting and decorating.
* Keeping the exterior of the homes clean, tidy, and free from trip hazards.
* Changing light bulbs and keeping stock of items such as bulbs, batteries, and other equipment.
* Before a weekend/bank holiday, checking that lights, equipment, heating, and items such as batteries are all working.
* Providing meter readings for utilities and any boilers.
What we look for / Qualifications
* Being a team player, who can also work on their own initiative.
* Good communication skills, both written and spoken, and able to communicate with both residents and colleagues.
* Commitment to delivering a high standard of work.
* Sensitivity to the needs of others and mindful of residents.
* Proactive, able to prioritise, and have a positive work ethic.
* Flexibility and the ability to adapt to ad hoc needs of the home.
* Good all-round maintenance skills such as joinery, plumbing, and painting.
* Experience within a similar environment/role.
* Good understanding of Health & Safety regulations and compliance.
* Physically fit and able to lift lighter items safely.
* Ability to maintain and use handheld tools safely (following any appropriate training).
* Willingness to attend training relevant to the role.
* Hold a full driver\'s license.
What Springcare can offer to you
* Permanent full and part-time day contracts with access to our workplace pension scheme.
* Early pay using Wage Stream App – withdraw up to 50% of earnings in advance of pay.
* Access to Blue Light Card – savings across hundreds of national retailers.
* Fully funded training for nationally recognised qualifications (level 2 through 5) with internal career progression opportunities.
* Refer a friend £££ scheme (terms and conditions apply).
* Access to counselling and wellbeing support.
* Family-friendly policies.
* Smooth robust recruitment process through our portal.
If you are interested in joining our maintenance team, have the qualities that we believe make our employees fantastic and would like to work in an environment with friendly, supportive, and like-minded people, we would love to hear from you and be part of your journey with a care environment.
Successful applicants would require two written references, a standard/enhanced DBS (depending on role) and evidence of a right to work in the UK.
Springcare are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective and compassionate care.
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