Casual Funeral Service Operative

2 weeks ago

WestonsuperMare, United Kingdom Dignity Funerals Full time

**Casual Funeral Service Operative**
**Casual - As & when required**
**Cooksley & Son Funeral Directors, Weston Super Mare**
**£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.

**Cooksley & Son Funeral Directors (inc. Pearce & Weston) provides the highest standard of funeral care to the families of Weston-super-Mare and the surrounding communities of Somerset. We are here to offer support at a difficult time and help arrange a meaningful farewell for your loved one.**

Our dedicated team of funeral directors will see that the arrangements for the funeral service are taken care of. Offering comfort and advice, you will be given our full attention as we tailor the funeral to meet the preferences of you and your family. Whether you are looking for a religious or a humanist funeral, something traditional or a little more contemporary, your wishes are what matter to us.

If you are experiencing feelings of uncertainty at this already emotional time, we can also help to ease any concerns you may have regarding what happens next and how your loved one’s funeral will proceed.

The Cooksley & Son name has existed in Weston-super-Mare since 1887 and our funeral home can be found on Walliscote Road, where have been since 1971. Our location ensures we are accessible to all parts of the town, including outlying areas such as Hutton, Kewstoke and Locking, along with communities further afield, such as Brean, Clevedon and Yatton.

We have two chapels of rest, allowing you to spend time with your loved one in a private and peaceful environment, which can be opened outside of normal hours if it is more convenient.

Our Weston-super-Mare funeral directors has served the bereaved families of this part of Somerset for more than a century, offering the highest quality of care. We would be honoured to look after you and your family too.

**Cooksley & Son** 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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