Join our Blackbrook House care home as Handyperson, helping to ensure our residents remain comfortable, safe, and happy within their home.
Reporting into the Home Manager, responsibilities will include:
1. Carrying out day to day minor maintenance and repairs, to a high standard, contributing to a happy and comfortable environment for our residents at Blackbrook House care home.
2. Differentiating between minor repairs and when more specialist skills are required.
3. Ensuring equipment is used safely, with instructions and health and safety procedures being followed at all times.
Required knowledge & experience:
4. Previous gardening, building or maintenance experience is desirable.
5. Range of practical skills including maintenance and gardening.
6. Understanding of data protection and confidentiality and the safeguarding of vulnerable adults.
7. Health & safety in the workplace.
Required skills:
8. Well organized and able to plan workload.
9. Strong interpersonal and empathy skills and a friendly personality.
10. Able to work individually and as part of a team.
11. Ability to undertake a wide range of activities.
12. Customer focused at all time.
Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to have an LGBT+ resident group, and also BAME, LGBT+ and Disabled colleague networks. These work closely with the organisation to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We recruit, train and promote without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, colour, sex or gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or other protected status. One of our values is ‘respect’, therefore we do not accept harassment or discrimination from any colleague, resident or third party.
Please note all applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK
It is no longer a legal requirement for colleagues to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to work in our care homes. However, we will continue to encourage everyone who is eligible for the vaccine and booster dose to have it to protect themselves, as well as the residents and colleagues in our home.
Blackbrook House in Dedham is home to well trained and helpful staff with rooms for up to 55 residents. At Anchor, we pride ourselves in providing 24-hour care and specialised services for elderly people, the beauty of our grounds, the quality of our catering and our engaging activities we deliver.
13. Warm and homely environment
14. Rural settings
15. Rated Good with CQC
Anchor – a great place to work
Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.
We’re not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.
A rewarding environment
From health and happiness to finance and your career, we’ll give you all the support you need.
Health & happiness
16. Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
17. Mental health support
18. Flexible working options
Finance
19. Pension plan – contribute between 4% and 8% and we’ll match it or better
20. Quick and easy pension transfer service
21. Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
22. Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more
Career
23. Ongoing personal and professional development programme
24. Leadership Pathways online learning resources
25. Career progression and promotion opportunities