40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 08:30am - 17:00pm

Castlemeadow Care is now recruiting to further increase the size of their Regional Maintenance department. The quality and appearance of our care homes and their grounds create the first impression for visitors and are a source of enjoyment and great pleasure for our residents and their families. Our Maintenance Teams take pride in maintaining our buildings and gardens to the highest possible standards. We own and operate care homes and assisted living units across Norfolk & Suffolk.

The Maintenance Person will ensure that the home, equipment, and gardens are maintained to a high standard and remain fully functional at all times, thereby ensuring the comfort, safety and wellbeing of the home’s residents, staff and visitors.

You will be involved in all types of property refurbishment and maintenance including painting & decorating, basic plumbing, like for like electrical work and tiling. The ideal person must be self-driven, able to meet deadlines, have the ability to problem solve and complete a wide variety of tasks on their own as well as of part of a team.

In addition, the position will include:

• Ensuring the immediate reporting of irreparable defects to fixture, fittings and equipment.
• As required conduct regular checks and inspections in accordance with legal and regulatory compliance with support from your manager.
• Carry out maintenance work on the home’s grounds, gardens and building externals to produce an aesthetically pleasing, well maintained and safe environment.
• Ensure that all tools and equipment are maintained and safely secured at all times.
• Ensure that all work undertaken is with full consideration to the comfort, security and sensitivity of the residents.

You will need to hold a full clean driving license and be willing use your own vehicle to travel to sites across Norfolk & Suffolk as required (mileage will be reimbursed).

Benefits and culture:

• We live by our company values – we are one big family, everything we do is from the heart, caring is our passion, always have fun, nothing is too much.
• Ongoing training and development; including fully funded diplomas up to NVQ level 5
• A Rewarding role
• Variety – no two days are the same!
• Long term career opportunities
• Annual Leave 28 days
• FlexEarn - providing you with the opportunity to withdraw a portion of your wages in advance of payday, to increase your choice and financial wellbeing.
• No DBS fees.
• Employee assistance program to support your health and wellbeing.
• Blue Light Card offering a number of discounts across retail and hospitality.
• Refer a friend scheme - earn up to £400
• Being part of an award winning organisation!

Training and development

We see training and development as an instrumental part of the success of each of our care homes.

Every employee will receive a full induction on commencement of employment ensuring that everyone feels welcomed and has a good understanding of their role and our high standards and ethos of the business.

Throughout your time with us we positively encourage further training through National Vocational Qualifications. This is available throughout all areas of our business to include all employees.

Founded in 1999, Castlemeadow Care has been delivering excellence in the delivery of care and support. We wouldn’t be able to do this without our compassionate, dedicated and talented teams throughout our homes. We are a passionate company and strive to constantly improve standards across all areas. As a rapidly growing business we’re always looking for passionate and committed individuals who take pride in making a difference in people’s lives.