Temporary Assistant: Retirement Housing with Meals

New Temporary Assistant: Retirement Housing with Meals Opportunity in Buckhaven

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and caring individual to join our Braehead Gardens team in Buckhaven as an Assistant:RHWM. Our caring team works to ensure people aged 60 and over have the opportunity to maintain their independence, but take over the worries, such as meals, repairs and looking after the garden.

The Role

You will be responsible for undertaking a range of duties to ensure that internal communal areas are clean, hygienic and meet the standards expected by our tenants and visitors to the development. You will also assist by preparing the dining room for mealtimes, heating prepared meals and delivering them to tenants.

On occasion, the Assistant will be expected to clean vacant flats and/ or external pathways of the development and provide general and emergency assistance to tenants, as required. In addition you will respond to property emergencies, taking appropriate action when the Manager is off duty and providing cover for the development office as required.

Hours of employment are 17.5 hours per week, organised as follows:

Thursday 10:30-2:00pm

Friday and Saturday- 10:30- 6:00pm

30 minutes unpaid break on Friday and Saturday.

Please note this is temporary until January 2025.

Please see the attachment above for the full job description and person specification.

Role Requirements

- Experience of a similar type of role would be an advantage but is not an essential requirement as training will be provided.

- You should bring to the role a genuine interest in working with older people and an ability to respond calmly to requests for assistance.

- REHIS Elementary Food Hygiene Qualification or equivalent would be desirable.

Our Offer

In return the successful candidate will receive:

- Competitive salary, reviewed annually.

- Enhanced Pension Scheme

- Generous holidays entitlement

- Opportunities to work flexibly

- Access to a health care benefit plan, credit union and cycle to work scheme

- Employee Assistance Programme

- Opportunity to access wide range of learning and development activities including management & leadership programmes, job related training and qualifications to ensure your continuous progress.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) which means you must disclose all unspent and relevant spent convictions on your application.

If you require this information in an alternative format, please contact us using the details above.

Bield Housing & Care. Scottish Charity no. SC006878 I Property Factor PF000146