Maintenance Assistant

**Introduction**:
If you enjoy creating a well-presented and safe environment, then join the team at Kingswood House as a Maintenance Assistant and be a valued member of the service.

As a Maintenance Assistant, you will be responsible for ensuring the services facilities are fit for purpose and will regularly conduct audits to identify and repair any faults.

Working alongside an established team, you will turn your hand to all maintenance-related tasks, liaising with contractors to support the upkeep of the service.

You’ll be working at Kingswood House, which is a brand-new Mental Health and Learning Disabilities & Autism service which provides care and support to people with highly complex needs and behaviours.

A range of training opportunities are available that can see your career grow and you achieve your career aspirations.

**Location**:
**Green Arbour Road, Thurcroft, S66 9LY**

Kingswood House is a residential service with nursing for adults with a learning disability and/or Autism and a range of associated needs. It’s been designed to meet the needs of the local area for a specialist service to support people with ongoing complex needs and challenging behaviours who are stepping down from hospital or to avoid an inappropriate admission to hospital to enable them to return to their home area.

This small service is made up of six individual apartments which allow people to live in their own home setting and be provided with person centred care, whilst having access to a range of communal facilities to avoid isolation. It’s in the heart of the local community within walking distance of a full range of local facilities and resources.

**Your **responsibilities** will include**:

- Working within the Maintenance Team to maintain all the services, buildings, facilities and equipment, ensuring it is in good working order, is safe and effective maintenance is maintained
- Assisting with the annual programme of maintenance, which includes work that can be undertaken within your own scope of competence
- Utilising good DIY skills
- Ensuring Health and Safety is maintained at all times
- Escorting Contractors when visiting site, maintaining their and all on-site personnel’s safety
- It is a requirement to be part of an on-call rota system that is managed by the Maintenance Manager.

**To be successful in this role, you will need**:

- A good employment history
- To comply with system and procedures
- To work effectively as part of a team
- Previous experience of working in healthcare premises would be a bonus but not essential

**What you will get**:

- Annual Salary of 24,843 Plus Benefits
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave - plus your birthday off
- Free meals and parking
- Wellbeing support and activities
- Career development and training
- Pension contribution
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Maternity Package

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, and much more.

**About your next employer**:
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.