Dovehaven Care Homes are recruiting for a Maintenance Person to join our team at Callands Nursing Home in Warrington, working Monday- Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm, 40hr Contract avalible. Callands is a purpose-built care home that caters for up to 120 service users. The home specialises in dementia and nursing care. Our aim is to ensure all our residents feel as comfortable as possible, promote independence, dignity and respect through positive risk taking and empowerment. About The Role Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for the general maintenance of the care home, ultimately ensuring the safety of all residents, visitors and employees. General Internal Maintenance: furniture, fixtures and fittings, equipment basic heating faults General Exterior: Maintain grounds & gardens, fences and furniture, clear snow and grit paths, clean all signs & lighting. Safety: Identify hazards and risks, testing of fire alarm, liaise with contractors onsite, maintain a maintenance book. Ensure paints & varnishes are stored correctly, test and record water temps Moving & Handling: assisting receiving deliveries and storage General duties as requested by the home manager or maintenance manager About You Our ideal Maintenance Person will have the following: Essential Experience of DIY and decorating Caring nature Strong communication skills Ability to work as part of a team and individually Flexibility and be able to adapt to the needs of Residents Full clean driving licence A Health & Safety or Maintenance qualification is desirable Previous experience within a Care or Nursing Home setting or similar All applicants will be subject to satisfactory references and all employees are checked against the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). If you would like to read the DBS code of practice please copy and paste this link into your browser: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-code-of-practice DHOR