Help at Home Gardener

2 weeks ago

Ferndown, United Kingdom Age UK Bournemouth Poole & East Dorset Full time

**Age UK Bournemouth, Poole & East Dorset**

**POST TITLE**:Help at Home Gardener

**SALARY SCALE**: £10.42 per hour, plus mileage ( pay review pending)

**HOURS**: Zero Hours Contract

**PURPOSE**: To undertake light gardening work, such as mowing the lawn, pruning, light weeding, and planting. Please note that you must have a valid car driving licence, and access to a vehicle to undertake this role, as well as your own lawn mower and basic tools

**Main Tasks**
- Mowing the lawn, pruning, light weeding, and planting
- Ensuring that the clients' gardens are completed to a high standard upon leaving their property, disposing of any garden waste in an appropriate manner, using customer bins and compost areas
- Adhering to the health and safety requirements specified by the Help at Home Manager during initial training
- Filling out the appropriate documents (timesheets, work logs, etc.) and returning them to the Help at Home Manager in a timely manner.
- Communicating with the clients in a friendly, polite, and respectful manner

**General**

1. To liaise with other Age UK Bournemouth, Poole & East Dorset (AUKBPED) staff to ensure that clients receive all other necessary services and to work as part of a team with other Age UK Bournemouth, Poole & East Dorset staff.

2. To ensure that AUKBPED policies are adhered too, including Health &
Safety, Equal Opportunities and Confidentiality etc.

3 To undertake any other reasonable duties as requested by the line
Mangers, Chief Executive or Trustees.

4. Carry out tasks according to Age UK Bournemouth, Poole & East Dorset policies and standards, in particular on confidentiality, anti-discriminatory policies and health and safety.

**Person Specification**

**Help at Home Gardener**

Previous experience of working with older people - Desirable
Experience of working with people with dementia - Desirable
Excellent oral and communication skills - Essential
Car Driver - Essential
Good computer skills - Essential
Ability to work alone - Essential
Ability to show empathy with older people and to adapt communication to the needs of the client - Essential

Ability to keep clear and concise written records - Essential

Flexibility - Essential
Good time keeping - Essential
Reliable & honest - Essential
Ability to keep confidentiality - Essential
Willingness to undertake training - Essential
Understanding the needs of older people - Desirable

Feb 2023

**Job Types**: Part-time, Zero hours contract

Pay: £12.38 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Flexitime

Schedule:

- Day shift
- No weekends

Work Location: On the road

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