Handy Person

Job Title: Handy Person
Starting Salary: £23,114 progressing to £23,500 pa (Pro rata for Part-time)
Hours: 18
Location: Watford
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Safeguarding and Specialist Services

About the team

An opportunity has arisen to join our team as a Handyperson.

Our Team consists of 1 Registered Manager, 1 Deputy Manager, 1 Office manager, 3 Senior ARC Worker,10 ARC workers and 1 cleaner.

The successful support the children in the house to maintain the home.

Do you enjoy supporting children and young people and do you have experience in property maintenance and repairs? We are looking for a handy person to join our team, who will be working within residential services for young people, staff office areas and other onsite buildings used by staff and young people. You will need to be flexible, approachable and able to work on your own initiative.

The handy person's role is to support the children and young people in the home to live in well looked after home and to ensure the buildings, outside areas and environments are:

• Safe and meet H&S and HCC requirements
• Well maintained
• Fixture and fittings are in good order and areas are in good state of decoration
• Residential areas are homely

Each day is different, and you will need to plan and prioritise tasks, in liaison with your line manager and the service needs. There is a handy person folder where staff detail any jobs required and there will be times that jobs are not listed. In these times you will need to plan general maintenance tasks such as gardening, window cleaning and jet washing. You will also be required to respond to emergencies during the day, which will require planned jobs being rescheduled. Due to the nature of the service some jobs may need to be done repetitively so you will need to be patient and have some tolerance. You will be required to use a variety of tools and power tools, which are provided.

You will need to work closely with contractors employed by the housing provider, reporting and monitoring repairs they are responsible for, ensuring all works are completed in a timely manner and to a high standard.

We would support any good ideas on problem solving. We would encourage you to help a young person to put things right with repairs if they have damaged something.

About the role

The role is to ensure the buildings, fixtures and fittings and outside areas are safe and well maintained. You will be required to complete a variety of tasks, which include:

• General carpentry tasks
• Repairs to fixtures, fitting and furniture
• Garden maintenance
• Jet washing
• Decorating
• Changing light bulbs
• Bicycle maintenance
• Putting together furniture, fixing shelves and hanging pictures
• Window cleaning
• Salting grounds during cold weather
• Completing H&S checks, such as tools and ladders
• Painting

Experience in property maintenance and DIY is needed. The role may you to support other homes, though this is rare, this may be requested of you, so driving and having a car is required.

You need to enjoy working as part of a team,

By joining our team, you will make a difference to the young people and staff by ensuring the environments are safe, well maintained, and homely.

About you

Essential:

• Full driving licence.
• Experience as a handy man.
• Some experience of interacting/working or supporting young people in different capacity.
• Use Microsoft packages.
• Understand Health and Safety.

Desirable:

• Experience of Garden Maintenance / painting and decorating.

This job role is within the , level job profile. Please locate this via:

Job profiles - Health and social care

To hear more about this opportunity please contact Cathrine Nhemwa Cathrine.Nhemwa@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: 18 th and 20 th December

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Driving required
You'll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.