Please note this role does not qualify for sponsorship, this is due to the hours available do not meet the guidelines set by the Home Office.
Are you the candidate we are looking for? At Shaftesbury Icanho we are recruiting for a General Maintenance Person.
We are looking for people with the passion, talent, skills and experience that all add up to a caring and community-minded workforce.
We believe that the people we support have the right to a full and flourishing life. They deserve the very best in delivery. Driven by our core values, Shaftesbury strives to be Open, Enabling, Inclusive and Courageous in all that we do.
Our disability services across adult care, children’s care and education are all focused on inclusion and support. Committed to professional, flexible and personalised care, we are passionate about going the extra mile in providing opportunities for people to thrive and live well.
About the role
As a Maintenance person you will be required to perform general maintenance or repairs for assigned equipment/facilities. You will also be required to regularly inspect, log and report items for specialist maintenance.
Examples of general duties will include minor repairs, painting, building furniture, changing light bulbs, unblocking toilets and gardening.
You will also need to support with the Health and Safety within the service, ensuring that there are no hazards in place.
To be responsible for the inspection, testing and routine maintenance of delegated systems and logging results e.g. fire alarm, nursing on call, security system, emergency lighting, etc. in line with procedures ensuring the systems are fully functional at all time and issues are reported and resolved.
To be responsible for inspecting and the routine maintenance of equipment in the unit including items belonging to service users e.g. wheelchairs, beds, etc. in line with contracts and good practice ensuring that defects are reported and resolved in a timely manner.
To be responsible for the Health & Safety of staff, service users and visitors within the scope of the maintenance role, ensuring that all hazards or potential hazards are reported and resolved in a timely manner.
Water management tasks – e.g. temperature checks and recording; outlet flushing (including little-used outlets)
Ensure that all materials and equipment are stored in accordance with procedures and manufactures’ instructors and safe systems of work are in place, when undertaking duties.
At Shaftesbury Icanho, we specialise in supporting adults affected by personal injury. Providing a quality service since 1998, we are committed to designing bespoke rehabilitation packages, to ensure you make maximum progress.
Although we mostly work with adults aged 18 or over, we do consider 16 and 17 year olds if our services are appropriate for their needs.
Benefits of working at Shaftesbury
At Shaftesbury, we know that our people are our greatest asset. We’re proud to have some of the best and most committed staff in the sector – and we want to attract more people like you to work with Shaftesbury. We’re now offering even more great benefits to reward the work of our wonderful staff in adult care:
Great CQC, great reward. If your service is rated good or equivalent by CQC in all domains, all staff will receive a £30 gift voucher. If rated outstanding, all staff will receive a £50 gift voucher.
We want to reward staff in a range of ways for their hard work. You can be nominated for a recognition letter from a member of the Executive Leadership Team and you may also be nominated to receive a gift voucher up to £50 for going above and beyond within your role.
Excellent training package provided for all staff.
Generous Annual Leave entitlement of 25 days + 8 days bank holiday for the first 5 years. Increasing to 28 days + 8 days bank holiday after 5 years.
Pension Scheme.
Access to our employee assistance program.
Shaftesbury is the disability charity that’s committed to enabling children, young people and adults to live a life that adds up for them.
What makes life liveable is never down to just one thing - it’s the sum of many things. From friendship to fun; from companionship to community; from a great chat to a challenge overcome, it all adds up – to Shaftesbury.
Through a wide range of disability care, special education, and rehabilitation services we promote inclusion and wellbeing for all. Together, we work to see people take part, contribute and be valued. We put the elements in place that all add up to connected lives.
Shaftesbury is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS/Access NI check.
Shaftesbury is committed to the Disability Confident Scheme and to equal opportunities therefore we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .