Caretaker

Job reference

REQ1025

Date posted

03/11/2025

Application closing date

Location

Salary

Annual salary of £25,583 up to £25,989

Package

Contractual hours

36

Basis

Full time

Job description

At Salix Homes, we are committed to providing more than just homes – we deliver safe, clean, and welcoming environments where our customers can thrive. We're looking for a dedicated Caretaker to join our High-Rise Team, providing a first-class caretaking and cleaning service for residents. As the first point of contact for many of our customers, you'll take personal responsibility for maintaining high standards on your allocated block, ensuring communal areas are clean, safe, and well cared for.

The role – what you'll be doing:

• You'll ensure the delivery a high quality daily caretaking service to the internal and external communal areas of high rise buildings.
• You'll undertake and complete daily block inspection and report repairs, identified hazards as necessary.
• Using our inhouse application on your mobile to record our daily tasks and health & safety checks.
• Escalating urgent issues such as gas, electricity, or tenant welfare concerns to the Caretaking & Cleaning Manager.

What we're looking for:

• We are looking for someone who has knowledge and experience of cleaning and caretaking techniques, and someone who is passionate and has experience of delivering an outstanding level of service
• This role would be suitable for someone who is self-motivated, comfortable working independently, and confident engaging with residents.
• Ambitious and driven individuals who want to make a positive difference in our communities.

What we offer:

• Annual salary of £25,583 up to £25,989
• Up to 34 days holiday + bank holidays.
• Flexi-time, flexible working, and family-friendly policies.
• Generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme.
• Life Assurance (3x annual salary).
• Health Cash Plan and a range of employee discounts including gym membership.
• Inclusive and supportive colleague culture.
• Membership of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter.

About Our Company

At Salix Homes, we're passionate about creating a brighter future for our customers, our communities, and our people. Since becoming a stand-alone housing association in 2015, we've invested significantly in our homes and services. This year, 2025, marks a significant milestone for us as we celebrate our 10-year anniversary. Over the past decade, we've grown, evolved, and made a lasting impact in Salford.

We've worked hard to ensure all our properties are safe, modern, desirable, and energy efficient, continually investing in our customers, their homes and communities through an ambitious and ongoing programme of improvement work.

We're also incredibly proud to be one of the first housing associations in the country to achieve a C1 grading under the new Consumer Standards a testament to the quality of the homes we provide and the services we deliver.

If you share our vision of driving positive change, this is your opportunity to be part of something meaningful.

Salix Homes is proud to have been awarded membership to the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter and we will constantly strive to improve working conditions for our colleagues

Salix Homes is an Equal Opportunities Employer and opposes all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination. Our customers come from all walks of life, and so should we. As we're interested in expanding our workforce diversity, we welcome all applications.

We're proud members of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident scheme; we will therefore invite to interview any disabled candidates who demonstrate the minimum standards for the role. If you wish to be considered under as part of this scheme, please let us know by emailing us at

We want everyone to be able to perform to their best throughout the recruitment process so please let us know if you have any concerns or need any assistance or adjustments at any stage.

Closing Date: 24th November 2025