Overview
Role: Caretaker. Location: Sidcup. Pay: £13.49 per hour PAYE | £17.49 per hour LTD (Inc Holiday Pay). Hours: 35 per week. Service Care Solutions have a temporary vacancy for a Caretaker to work for a Housing Association based in South East London, covering 4 estate block sites within Sidcup.
Responsibilities
- To manually sweep and collect litter and detritus from the highway and open spaces shrub areas.
- Remove fly tipping and sharps.
- Empty and clean dog and litter bins.
- To undertake Grounds Maintenance duties including shrub and flower bed maintenance, shrub bed pruning, hedge cutting and pedestrian and ride on grass cutting and edging off of associated grassed areas.
- To undertake pedestrian sweeping.
- To manually remove graffiti.
- To undertake leaf clearance by manually sweeping.
- To undertake water course checking.
- Ensure playground areas are maintained and street furniture is maintained and painted when required.
- Provide such assistance as may be required to all customers to enable the smooth operation of the service and show a professional approach and image to minimise complaints.
- Completion of worksheets.
- Site patrol and maintenance.
- Carrying out minor repairs through identifying work which needs carrying out.
- Please Note – A Clean Full UK Driving Licence is not required for this role as all the Blocks are within the same Estate.
Requirements / Qualifications
- Experience within caretaking or estate cleaning.
- Ability to assist customers and maintain a professional service image.
- Grounds maintenance skills (shrubs, hedges, grass cutting, litter control) and basic repairs.
- Note: No driving licence required for this role since all blocks are on the same estate.
Application Details
If you are interested in this position and have experience within caretaking or estate cleaning, please contact Prakash by emailing (url removed) or by calling (phone number removed).
Job Information
- Job Title: Caretaker
- Company: Service Care Solutions
- Location: Sidcup
- Posted: Feb 4th 2026
- Closes: Mar 7th 2026
- Sector: Property Services
- Contract: Contract
- Hours: 35 per week (stated as Full Time in some sections)
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Contact Detail:
Service Care Solutions Recruiting Team