About the Role
Are you a skilled and reliable handyperson with a passion for creating safe, well-maintained, and welcoming environments?
We are seeking a Handyperson to support the day-to-day practical needs of our Residential Service in Bromley. This is a varied and rewarding role where your work will have a direct impact on the comfort, safety, and wellbeing of children, young people, and staff.
At Barnardo's, we are committed to delivering high-quality services for some of the most vulnerable children and young people in the country. In this role, you will play a vital part in maintaining our residential home to a high standard, ensuring it remains safe, homely, and fit for purpose.
Working with Children and Young People
This role involves regular contact with children and young people living within the residential service. You will be expected to engage with them in a positive, respectful, and professional manner, contributing to a calm, safe, and welcoming environment.
The successful candidate will be able to build appropriate and trusting relationships while always maintaining clear professional boundaries, in line with Barnardo's safeguarding policies and procedures. You will be expected to act as a positive role model, demonstrating consistency, respect, and professionalism in your day-to-day interactions.
Key Responsibilities
Your duties will include, but are not limited to:
1. Undertaking minor routine maintenance and repairs
2. Carrying out general gardening and outdoor upkeep
3. Assembling flat-pack furniture and installing shelves, curtain poles, and fittings
4. Window cleaning (no excessive heights)
5. Deep cleaning of carpets and surfaces when required
6. Clearing minor drain blockages
7. Moving furniture and equipment between sites (some heavy lifting involved)
8. Completing Health & Safety checks and reporting concerns to management
9. Keeping on top of day-to-day maintenance and “odd jobs,” ensuring tasks are prioritised, completed efficiently, and followed up where necessary
10. Ensuring tools and equipment are clean, well maintained, stored safely, and used in line with safety procedures
11. Taking responsibility for the security of project premises
Essential Requirements
Applicants must be able to demonstrate:
12. Experience in general maintenance and minor construction work (professional or DIY)
13. Knowledge of the safe use, storage, and maintenance of tools and equipment
14. The ability to identify maintenance issues and take appropriate action
15. Good communication skills and the ability to engage positively with children, young people, and staff
16. A responsible, proactive, and safety-conscious approach to work
17. The ability to work independently, manage time effectively, and maintain clear communication with the wider team
Additional Information
18. This role is subject to a satisfactory DBS check
19. Flexible working arrangements are available and will be discussed at interview
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
Benefits
Workplace Offer: What it means for you
Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.
20. Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
21. Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
22. The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
23. A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
24. Service related sick pay from day 1
25. Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
26. Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
27. Cycle2work scheme
28. Interest free season ticket loans
29. Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
30. 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
31. Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
32. Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
33. Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
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