Casual Funeral Service Operative

2 weeks ago


Worthing, United Kingdom Dignity Funerals Full time

**Casual Funeral Service Operative**

**Casual - As & when required**
**Dillistone Funeral Directors, Worthing, West Sussex**
**£10.94 per hour + on-call ancillary payments**

At Dignity, we are proud to work in a unique industry. We succeed by helping people through difficult times with compassion, respect, openness, and care.

We offer a range of challenging and rewarding roles for caring individuals across the funeral profession and we continually invest in our staff, premises, and vehicles so that we can ensure clients and their loved ones receive the highest standard of care. Every day, we want to exceed our customers’ expectations, and we aim to do this by persistently delivering excellent client service through the continued dedication of our people.

**Dillistone Funeral Directors in Worthing provides compassionate funeral care to our local community and to those living nearby in the West Sussex area. We are here for you at this difficult time, to offer support and take care of arranging your loved one’s funeral.**

Whatever kind of funeral you choose, we will ensure it is carried out to the highest of standards. Should you choose an Attended Funeral, the service can be tailored to meet your specific wishes, however unique, allowing you, your family and friends to pay your respects in the most personal and loving way.

The team at our Worthing funeral directors provides professional care, along with guidance and advice, helping you to reach important decisions regarding the funeral. We will also help to ease some of the concerns or feelings of uncertainty you may be experiencing. Remember, you are not alone.

Our purpose built funeral home is located on Worthing’s South Farm Road, opposite Broadwater Cemetery. Along with the families of the town, we also serve those living in the surrounding villages, such as Angmering, Findon and Steyning.

If you wish to spend time with your loved one prior to the funeral, you have the choice of three chapels of rest. All are designed with your comfort and privacy in mind, and provide a peaceful environment in which to reflect and remember. We can open these outside our normal hours if it is more convenient for you.

Having provided funeral care to Worthing for more than 100 years, the team at our funeral directors will use their expertise to help you.

**Dillistone Funeral Directors** are looking for a dedicated, professional, and empathetic individual to join our committed and collaborative team as a Funeral Service Operative. Our values: Professional, Compassion, Respect & Knowledge form the basis of all our interactions and recognising this, you will be giving back to families in a critical time, whilst ensuring that their loved ones are treated with the utmost respect and dignity.

Alongside a highly collaborative, supportive team, we will give you the room to stretch and develop within the industry. With both training and learning opportunities, our dedicated Learning and Development team and management team will ensure that you are delivered full training to confidently perform this role and will also promote your progression. Alongside this, Dignity Plc really believes in our people, so you will also have access to a wide range of Mental and Financial Well-being tools, access to financial support, and a broad range of benefits

**What Will I Be Doing as A Funeral Service Operative?**

As a Funeral Service Operative, you will be at the very heart and focal point of our business, persistently delivering consistently high levels of client services to the deceased and their families.

Some of our posts will require you to assist our on-call rota at night and on the weekend, though this will be fully discussed with you throughout the recruitment process.

Other duties will include:

- Preparing and ensuring the cleanliness of vehicles
- Aid with bringing the deceased into our care
- Being part of the funeral service by bearing the coffin and driving company vehicles
- Assisting the Funeral Director with pre-funeral checks including route planning and address checking.

**What Do I Need?**
- A full UK driving licence
- Good level of physical fitness, as this role will involve heavy lifting duties
- The necessary documentation for a basic DBS, reference & driving licence check.
- Pride in your appearance, ensuring you are always professional
- A caring and empathetic nature
- The determination to deliver excellent client services

**Advantageous**:

- Previous experience in the industry, though this is not required, as full training will be provided.

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**Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement**

Our Vision is to connect with our clients, colleagues, company and communities based on our principles whilst celebrating our differences.

We aim to empower leaders and colleagues to seek out and understand new voices and perspectives; to be vo



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