Maintenance Person, Staplehurst Kent

Job Vacancy: Maintenance/Handyperson
Location: Abbotsleigh Care Home, George Street, Staplehurst TN12 0RB
Contracted hours: 40 hours (to include some weekend work)
(Hourly) rate of pay: From £15

Must be a driver with own vehicle.

As a Maintenance/Handyperson, you will enjoy being part of an exceptionally supportive team, welcoming you into providing maintenance support, on direction of the Home Manager and Head of Maintenance. Your role will be to carry out routine repairs and monitoring on all systems and systematically solve day-to-day problematical issues which arise to ensure our residents living at Abbotsleigh Care Home are living in their best environment.

The perfect role for you

With experience of maintenance, you will enjoy working independently and as part of the wider maintenance team within the Care Home. This role will require you to action both planned and reactive maintenance issues and prioritise in terms of urgency, ensuring all areas are free from hazards and all equipment and systems are in full working order.

Nellsar is committed to developing and training our staff to ensure high quality care is provided to our residents and the successful candidate will receive on-going training and development with opportunities for progression within the Company, including apprenticeships for new and existing staff.

You will have the opportunity to excel

The Maintenance/Handyperson responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Assisting in the assessment of the effectiveness of maintenance implementation and delivery.
• Carrying out routine repairs and monitoring on all systems and grounds.
• Systematically solve day-to-day problematical issues which arise.
• Ensuring the residents’ rights are protected and their privacy and dignity are maintained when working in their vicinity.
• Ensuring all electrical appliances bought into the Home by residents, relatives and any other persons are checked and tagged safe for use, under the Health & Safety regulations.
• Liaising with contractors on jobs that fall outside the expertise of the maintenance team.

What we offer in return to your dedication

• Competitive pay and paid training hours
• Enhanced pay rate for Bank Holidays
• Flexibility of work according to your personal availability
• Workplace pension
• ‘Refer a Friend’ payments of up to £1000
• Enhanced DBS paid for by the company
• Comprehensive induction programme
• Access to funded qualifications via the apprenticeship programme
• 5.6 weeks annual leave
• Working in a supportive team
• The opportunity to help your team develop
• Free 24-hour access to confidential employee support helpline
• Nellsar work uniforms

If you would like to obtain more details about this exciting role, please contact Abbotsleigh Care Home at: 01580 891 314.

Why Choose Us?

Nellsar has been a family-run Company since 1988 and we provide exceptional care for residents across our group of 13 Care Homes in Kent, Surrey, and Essex. We consistently strive to achieve the highest standards of professional and person-centred care, and we achieve this by promoting the wellbeing and development of our team members. Our values focus on the individual, creating an inclusive environment with both residents and our teams at the heart of what we do every day.

It’s our mission at Nellsar to ensure that people live life to the full.

• We are passionate about making every day count and bringing colour and laughter to the people living in our home, their visitors and the team supporting them.
• More information about Abbotsleigh Care Home is available here
• You will be an important member of the Abbotsleigh family, who will support you to reach your goals and feel accomplished by enhancing other people’s quality of life.

Nellsar is an Equal Opportunity employer. We value diversity and inclusion, and we are committed to creating a work environment that embraces and celebrates individual differences.

Thank you for considering the possibility of joining the Nellsar family, we are looking forward to welcoming you!

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