Handyman

Job Title: Handyman

Location: Bradford

Rate of Pay: £8.50 per Hour

Hours: 40 Hours per week

About the Care Home:

Our Care Home features pleasant gardens with views of the Yorkshire Moors, as well as an area established for planting in the garden.

Featuring 57 rooms over three floors, our Care Home caters for those in need of 24/7 nursing care and complex, specialist care; the ground floor features our EAB unit funded by the Primary care Trust.

Main Responsibilities

• Ensure the upkeep and maintenance of the Care Home and surrounding grounds; ensuring excellent first Impressions to all who visit.
• Ensuring the smooth operation and serviceability of all services such as heating, lighting, plumbing and non-medical equipment required for the safe and efficient operation of the Home.
• Work positively with the Home Manager, Estates Manager and Regional Manager to achieve outcomes for the longer-term tasks such as refurbishment, non-day-to-day servicing, redecoration etc.
• Take an active role in the monitoring of any risk areas regarding the Homes operations and security and advise the Home Manager accordingly.
• Maintain the home as a pleasant, friendly and secure place to live.

Job Requirements

• A genuine interest in promoting independence and life style opportunities for older people as well as being able to work unsupervised.
• Will need to be confident and enthusiastic enough to carry out fault finding and basic repairs to all equipment, for example- catering and laundering machines.
• Previous experience as a handyman.
• 40 Hours per week- Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm,
• On call on Weekends