Dovehaven Care Homes

Maintenance Person

Dovehaven Care Homes  •  £28k/yr  •  Accrington, GB (Onsite)  •  8 hours ago
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Job Description

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Dovehaven Care Homes are recruiting for a Maintenance Person to join our team at Pennine View Care Home in Accrington - working Monday- Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm, 40hr Contract avalible.

About Pennine View

Pennine View is a residential care home catering for up to 50 residents. The home specialises in dementia care. The home is to be maintained to very high standard and our team will provide a secure, happy and welcoming atmosphere for all residents and visitors.

Take a look at the home: Pennine View | Dementia | Residential | Accrington | Lancashire

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

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Dovehaven Care Homes

About Dovehaven Care Homes

Dovehaven Care Homes are a family run care group providing quality residential and nursing care for the elderly. We have been providing quality care for our residents for over 40 years and pride ourselves on the happy welcoming atmosphere of our homes. Dovehaven provide a full range of care for residential and nursing needs, for both long term and respite periods.

Across our homes we provide care for a full range of residential and nursing care needs for both long term and respite periods.

Our portfolio includes all four categories of care homes (Rest Home, EMI Rest Home, Nursing Home and EMI Nursing Home) and we can accommodate all of our residents’ needs for the full length of their stay with Dovehaven. Should a resident’s needs change whilst in care, we can accommodate for this under the Dovehaven umbrella with minimal disruption.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Southport, GB
Year Founded
1984
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