Handyperson - Jewel House Care Home
- Location:
- Jewel House Care Home 15 Bingham Crescent Edinburgham Crescent Edinburgh, EH15 3JZ
- Salary:
- £23,651 - £23,857 per year
- Contract Type:
- Permanent
- Position Type:
- Full Time
- Hours:
- 36 hours per week
Job Description
Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership
Handyperson
Jewel House Care Home
Salary: £23,651- £23,857
Hours: 36 per week
Social care is a challenging and rewarding career. Our Handyperson staff work with some of Edinburgh’s most vulnerable residents. Working in Adult Social Care is a way to make a real difference to the lives of adults and it is extremely rewarding.
You don’t need previous experience in Adult Social Care to apply for the role of Handyperson. The post holder will have a knowledge of basic building and DIY skills and is required to have knowledge and experience of the use of equipment as necessary to carry out the posts’ requirements.
Hours of work will be Monday – Thursday, 08:00 – 16:00 and Friday 08:00 – 14:30, if this fits in with what you are looking for then we would like to talk to you. We can offer you excellent training, good rates of pay, excellent holiday entitlement, a generous pension scheme and range of staff benefits.
This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.
We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
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