Caretaker

**The job itself**:
An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Caretaker at our Extra Care Scheme, Appleton Court.

The East Riding's latest extra care scheme, which is located in Hessle, offers 44 apartment homes to adults who are supported with their varying levels of care needs to live as independently as possible. The scheme caters for a variety of ages from 18+.There is a care team available onsite 24 hours a day to provide care and support to the tenants. We also support with active recovery for adults who require short term reablement care.

As the newly appointed Caretaker, you will be responsible for providing caretaking services at Appleton Court. You will be required to monitor, maintain, and test all aspects of Health and Safety on site, as well as coordinate day to day repairs and supervise the Domestic Assistants.

We are looking for people who are enthusiastic, conscientious and self-motivated, who have previous experience of general building maintenance and in-depth knowledge of Health and Safety regulations.

Working at Appleton Court, you will be an integral part of enabling and supporting people to live their life how they choose to. This is an extremely rewarding new opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives.

**Requirements**:

- An enhanced Full UK Driving Licence
- Access to a vehicle
- DBS clearance check

Working days will be on a two week rolling rota pattern, covering 7 days a week, with every other weekend off. The 30 hours per week position is worked across 4 days per week and a copy of the rota pattern is shown below.
- Week 1 - Monday, Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday
- Week 2 - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday