Multi Skilled Maintenance Operative

Response Organisation is the largest mental health charity in Oxfordshire that has expanded across the Thames Valley and most recently into Wiltshire.
**Multi-Skilled Maintenance Operative - £23,353 - £30,000 per annum**
- 33 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays
- Eligible for Blue Light card and other discounted shopping
- Employee Assistance Programme with access to free counselling
- Cycle to Work Scheme (after probation)
- Enhanced family friendly leave
- Flexible and agile working opportunities (role dependent)
- Professional qualification sponsorship and study leave
- £500 refer a friend bonus scheme
- Optional health cash care plan
- Wellbeing hub that includes discounts for gyms and sports activities
- Thrive - mental wellbeing support app - approved by NHS
- Free flu jabs
- Use of company van
**Do you have the desire to help change lives and an interest in mental health?**
Our mission at Response is to enable people of all ages to live a more fulfilled life by providing excellent mental health services, housing, and supported living. We are looking for a **Multi Skilled Maintenance Operative** to join the Housing and Maintenance team at Response on a **full time, permanent basis. **The Housing team focuses on all aspects of tenancy sustainment and the Property team focus on all day to day repairs, planned improvements and cyclical compliance work. To learn more about Response and what we do, please visit our website: Response - Mental Health Care & Support
It is essential that you have experience in working in a physically demanding role, experience in basic building repairs and maintenance and have demonstrable experience of carrying out multi trade work. It is also essential that you hold a full clean driving licence. Experience within a care or mental health settings is desirable, but not essential. Our employees and clients come from all over the world, we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture and are registered as a Disability Confident Employer.
The duties within any role vary from day to day. Some of the core duties within the role will include:

- To undertake on a day to day basis multi trade repairs and maintenance on behalf of Response at occupied and unoccupied homes.
- To undertake carpentry work
- Maintaining a safe working environment for staff and residents. Following Health & safety regulations eg; COSHH, Fire, Manual Handling.
- Installing shelves, cabinets, cupboards etc and assembling furniture as appropriate
- Carry out effective repairs, maintenance and replacements to include but not limited to, grounds works, waste clearance, wall tiling, roofing repairs, minor repairs and all general building work
- Reporting all defects/damages which require specialist repair
- Using an industrial carpet cleaner as part of void management and/planned or responsive maintenance
- Ability to remove and reconnect household appliances
- To work with the rest of the team to continuously improve the repairs service
Above all, we are looking for people that share our values, as set out below, and who want to make a real difference to people’s lives:
**Caring** - Our clients are the heart and soul of all that we do, we provide person-centred care that enables them to live a life worth living. We believe that differences should be celebrated, and each client’s uniqueness enhances not only our community, but also the support we provide.
**Safe **- Honest and open relationships help to make all our clients feel safe, and we provide a safe place for recovery for as long as they may require.
**Creative **- Continuous learning from one another is key. When working with a client at their own pace there are many ways to get creative with how they are supported.
**Aspirational** - Recovery is focused on what a client can do, not what they can’t.
You will be required to work* 37 hours per week 9-5 Monday-Thursday, 9-4 Friday*. Salaries vary depending on the role and experiences.
If this* Multi Skilled Maintenance Operative* position sounds like the role for you then please click ‘Apply’ today We would love to hear from you This vacancy may be closed early.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients. All our roles require an enhanced DBS check, two references from most recent employers and you must have the right to work in the UK.