Hartford Care

Painter

Hartford Care  •  £28k/yr  •  Southampton, GB (Onsite)  •  25 days ago
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Job Description

Employment Type: Full-time, 40 hours

This role includes travel to various care homes in and around the M3 & M4 corridor, so a driving licence is essential but a vehical will be provided.

We’re looking for a skilled Painter & Decorator to join our friendly Maintenance Team, helping us keep our care homes safe, comfortable, and beautifully maintained for the people who live and work in them.

What You’ll Do:

  • Carry out all painting and decorating tasks, including preparation, repair, and finishing of internal and external areas.
  • Work safely at height using ladders, scaffolding, and access equipment.
  • Keep work areas clean and minimise disruption to residents and staff.
  • Support general maintenance tasks (e.g. basic plumbing, tiling, minor repairs).
  • Travel between homes as required to support the maintenance team.
  • Ensure compliance with Health & Safety procedures at all times.

What We’re Looking For:

Essential:

  • Robust and high-quality painting and decorating experience with a keen eye for detail
  • Good written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team, maintaining a high degree of skill and professionalism
  • Ability to work at height
  • Knowledge of Health & Safety regulations
  • Full and clean driving licence

Desirable:

  • Painting and Decorating Qualification
  • Previous experience within a care setting
  • Knowledge of working with people who live with dementia
  • Previous experience of carrying out general maintenance tasks
  • Good IT skills and knowledge including robust skills in using apps and systems on iPads and other IT equipment

What You’ll Get

  • Vehicle Provided
  • 28 days annual leave
  • Pension

This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Hartford Care

About Hartford Care

Hartford Care is an award-winning Care Provider of residential and nursing homes supporting older people and people who live with Dementia across the South of England.

Collectively, our backgrounds incorporate customer care at the highest level; health; education; finance; and social care and a thorough knowledge of the industry's regulatory authority.

Always working together, we ensure the knowledge and experience that emanates from our unique blend of talent and expertise is shared with our home managers and staff team.

Respect for our residents'​ privacy, dignity and individuality is at the heart of everything we do.

We firmly believe that every one of our residents has an absolute right to choose the way they live their lives.

Whatever their preferences, we do all we can to support our residents by providing them with the best possible environment in which to enjoy them.

Physical needs are carefully considered and, as such, we believe it is important to actively involve residents in their care to ensure they retain as much independence as possible.

We understand the vital importance of looking after the emotional and spiritual needs of both residents and their nearest and dearest.

We are proud that Hartford Care, established more than a century ago, remains a family-owned business and firmly believe our excellent reputation within the care industry has been achieved by remaining consistent with our values of creating caring communities.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Basingstoke, GB
Year Founded
Unknown
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