Maintenance Operative
Alexandra House
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Title Maintenance Operative
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Setting Care Home / Nursing Home
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Role Carer / Care Assistant / Care Support Worker
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Salary 28000
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Hours Full Time
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Location Poole, Dorset
Job Summary
Date posted: 21 March 2025- Job Reference: 2242
About The Role
Maintenance Operative
Alexandra House - Poole - BH14 9EW
Salary : up to £28k
Hours: 40hrs per week ( Monday - Friday with no weekend working )
We have an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Operative to join the team at Alexandra House, our residential care home, located a short distance from Ashley Road, the hub of Parkstone, Poole, Dorset.
The successful candidate will be responsible for carrying out a varied range of building maintenance and repairs to ensure a safe and comfortable environment for our residents at Buxton House.
Key duties will include both planned and reactive maintenance covering: plumbing, heating, electrical, decoration, fire testing, care equipment and carpentry.
We are looking for the following skills/experience:
- Basic Electrical Safety Certificate
- Knowledge of Plumbing and Legionella
- Experience using heating, electrical and fire systems
- Can confidently use own initiative and work with minimum supervision
- MEWPS experience - desirable but not essential
- Heating and/or Plumbing qualifications – ideal but not essentialIdeally you will have experience of working in a care home or similar environment, dealing with a number of maintenance tasks on a daily basis.
As a not-for-profit charity within Social Care, we focus on the reward and recognition of all our people, our benefits include:
We look forward to welcoming you to Alexandra House.
About The Company
PEOPLE | PASSION | PURPOSE
Care South are one of the top 20 rated Care Home Groups in the UK based on published reviews from residents and their family and friends at carehome.co.uk.
As a not-for-profit charity, our HEART values are key to us providing outstanding care. For more information about us, our values and benefits, please visit our website: http://www.care-south.co.uk/about-us.
For any questions please contact the recruitment team on 01202 712448 .
Maintenance Operative
Alexandra House - Poole - BH14 9EW
Salary : up to £28k
Hours: 40hrs per week ( Monday - Friday with no weekend working )
We have an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Operative to join the team at Alexandra House, our residential care home, located a short distance from Ashley Road, the hub of Parkstone, Poole, Dorset.
The successful candidate will be responsible for carrying out a varied range of building maintenance and repairs to ensure a safe and comfortable environment for our residents at Buxton House.
Key duties will include both planned and reactive maintenance covering: plumbing, heating, electrical, decoration, fire testing, care equipment and carpentry.
We are looking for the following skills/experience:
- Basic Electrical Safety Certificate
- Knowledge of Plumbing and Legionella
- Experience using heating, electrical and fire systems
- Can confidently use own initiative and work with minimum supervision
- MEWPS experience - desirable but not essential
- Heating and/or Plumbing qualifications – ideal but not essentialIdeally you will have experience of working in a care home or similar environment, dealing with a number of maintenance tasks on a daily basis.
As a not-for-profit charity within Social Care, we focus on the reward and recognition of all our people, our benefits include:
- Blue Light Shopping Discount Card
- Reward and Recognition Schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Industry Based Qualifications
We look forward to welcoming you to Alexandra House.
About The Company
PEOPLE | PASSION | PURPOSE
Care South are one of the top 20 rated Care Home Groups in the UK based on published reviews from residents and their family and friends at carehome.co.uk.
As a not-for-profit charity, our HEART values are key to us providing outstanding care. For more information about us, our values and benefits, please visit our website: http://www.care-south.co.uk/about-us.
For any questions please contact the recruitment team on 01202 712448 .