Regional Maintenance

**Duties**
- Working with the Facilities management team ensure where required our homes provide a safe, well-maintained, and comfortable environment for all residents
- Ensure the upkeep and maintenance of the Homes and surrounding grounds; ensuring excellent first Impressions to all who visit.
- Work positively with the Facilities management team and Home Management to achieve outcomes for the longer-term tasks such as fit-out, refurbishment, day-to-day servicing, painting and redecoration, maintenance, gardening, moving of furniture
- Take an active role in the monitoring of any risk areas regarding the Homes operations and security and advise the management accordingly
- Carry out preventative maintenance as required and directed.
- Undertake minor repairs to fixtures and fittings as appropriate and directed
- Undertake decorating to the home as rooms become empty or as required, and keeping communal areas to WCS standard
- Always maintain a safety culture for yourself and people around you. If you are unsure of a task always speak to your manager before commencing
- Ensure all company equipment is checked for safe operation and stored safely when not using
- Maintain the home as a pleasant, friendly and secure place to live.

**Other duties**
- Ensure all contractors work to WCS policies and procedures, with Risk Assessment and Method Statement in place prior to commencing any work
- Ensure the security of the building is maintained, whilst allowing residents access to communal and outside spaces
- Ensure all new staff are given a tour of the home and informed of the correct fire safety procedure
- Induction, training and supervision of all housekeeping and laundry assistants

You will be required to be flexible and able to work across all 13 homes which are located within Warwickshire.

**Salary**: £14.20 per hour

**Benefits**

WCS Care offers a range of benefits including:

- pension
- free DBS check
- free training
- free workwear, including fleece
- continual investment in our people, evidenced by our Investors in People Gold level accreditation
- employee assistance programme to support staff with their personal health and wellbeing

WCS Care is a registered charity and care home provider with 13 homes in Warwickshire. Eleven of our homes provide residential care for older people and people living with dementia and two of our homes provide care for adults with physical disabilities and lifelong conditions.

As a member of our team at WCS, you’ll have the ability to get to know different residents and teams quickly and communicate with a wide range of people confidently.

We think our team are heroes - in fact, we put it on their fleeces. They bring compassion, patience and love to their work.