*** Please note: This role is to start early October 2024 in preperation for the home opening late October 2024 ***
Hours: 40 hours per week
Shifts: 9am - 6pm but will also include on-call duites where necessary
The Manor House Roundhay is our brand new 65 bed, state-of-the-art care home, set to open in October 2024.
As Handyperson you will maintain our luxurious and meticulously finished to the highest standard care home, The Manor House Roundhay ensuring it is a safe and comfortable environment for our residents. You will identify and complete any required maintenance or repairs or assess when more specialist skills are required throughout the home. This includes large bedroom suites with private en-suite wet room facilities, impressive dining rooms, hairdressing and beauty salon, as well as our café bar area and other communal areas within the care home as well as the outside areas including balconies and landscaped gardens.
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 residents.
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 times.
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
Opening in October 2024, The Manor House Roundhay is our luxurious new care home in Leeds which will be home to 65 residents.
Set in an idyllic location within private landscaped gardens, The Manor House Roundhay will provide brand new, state-of-the-art facilities incorporating the latest technology and includes multiple impressive dining rooms where varied daily menu choices will be served as well as a café bar.
This home provides the environment where you can truly excel in your role to support our residents.
As England’s largest not-for-profit provider of care and housing for older people, we’re able to negotiate great deals and benefits for our people. Here are just a few of the things you’ll get when you work with Anchor.
13. Exclusive discounts on high-street shopping
14. 20% off mobile phone contracts
15. Cashback on dental and medical expenses
16. Discounted Private Medical rates