Maintenance Manager Witham

About Outlook Care:

Outlook Care is a specialist provider of learning disability services across London and Essex. We also specialise in dementia, elderly care, end of life and mental health. Outlook Care started in 1990 and has now been running for over 30 years. We pride ourselves on our strong values:

• Listen – always with interest, concern and action
• Inspire – through every interaction so people can achieve their ambitions
• Kind – genuine care and compassion
• Excellence – by striving to be the best we can
• Integrity – acting ethically and being accountable
• Trusting – rely upon us to do what we say we will do

Benefits at Outlook Care:

We understand how important our employees are and to support you in making a difference to people’s lives, we have a fantastic range of benefits:

• Flexible hours & a competitive salary
• 28 days of annual leave increasing with length of service (inc bank holidays)
• Preferential dental / health contributory rates
• Comprehensive induction / training & development opportunities
• Reward Opportunities including Refer a Friend
• Empathy/ wellbeing program
• Sick leave / maternity & paternity
• Disability friendly
• Early Pay - access to your pay before payday
• Workplace pension through NEST or option to join SHPS Pension membership including life assurance 

About you:

You will need some experience of property maintenance to join us as a Maintenance Manager. You will enjoy completing general maintenance tasks and conducting basic repairs to help maintain the high standards of the home. From helping residents decorate their rooms to replacing fixtures & fittings, cutting the grass or weeding the borders this is a varied and busy role which will require flexibility and great team-working skills. 

Job Role:

As a Maintenance Manager on our team, you will make sure our residents live in a place that is proactively inspected and superbly maintained helping to create the safe and attractive environment our residents deserve. You will conduct a variety of routine maintenance tasks, checks to services, apply basic fixes to equipment and systems and ensure facilities are fully functional. You'll also carry out audits and make sure records are kept up-to-date. You will also be required to maintain the garden areas around the home. This is an excellent opportunity that offers a varied and busy workload with no two days being the same. Tasks will include but are not limited to:

• Complete all of the necessary maintenance and repair tasks required which include painting and decorating to an acceptable standard including running repairs. 
• Ensure the immediate reporting of irreparable defects to fixture, fittings and equipment to the Home Manager.  
• Check the home’s maintenance request book for tasks to be completed on a daily basis.  Decide and prioritise order of work to be completed in accordance with meeting service, regulatory and legal obligations. 
• Conduct regular checks and inspections in accordance with legal and regulatory compliance inclusive of fire alarm testing.
• Conduct weekly and monthly checks of care equipment, emergency lighting, water temperature and fire equipment.
• Ensure that all servicing of equipment is undertaken as required to include such items as water boilers, cookers, air conditioning units, gas appliances and dishwashers etc.
• Maintain the home’s grounds and waste collection site. Ensuring an aesthetically pleasing, well maintained and safe environment. 
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• Maintain a supply of matched paint & lightbulbs and undertake running repairs of scuffed paintwork within the home. 
• Ensure adequate budgetary control systems and maintain these systems within allocated cash limited budgets.  Ensuring accuracy of receipts and records.
• Adhere to company purchasing procedures, minimising waste and control costs.
• Maintain the workshops and plant rooms in an orderly and clean condition and ensure that all tools and equipment are maintained and safely secured at all times.
• In cold weather, ensure that all paths around the home are salted and cleared of any snow/ice. 
• Liaise with all external contractors working within the home. Ensure that they are carrying out work in a professional and safe way.
• Ensure that all work undertaken is with full consideration to the comfort, security and sensitivity of the residents.
• When off duty, be prepared to give advice over the telephone and/or be called out to the Home in emergencies.

• Check in and dispersal of deliveries and collection/delivery for GP surgeries.
• Be available for home communal duties as required, to include driving, cleaning, resident activities and supporting other departments etc.
• Ensure that all records are maintained in accordance with the policies and procedures of Outlook Care.
• To attend and actively participate in staff and relative meetings, taking minutes as required.

Please find the full role profile here: http://bit.ly/3IOVN15

The Service:

St Georges Care Home in Witham provides expert 24-hour residential, nursing and dementia care for up to 40 elderly residents. We specialise in high dependency, intermediate and long-term palliative care and end of life care.  Our philosophy is to provide our residents with a relaxed and comfortable home in which their nursing care needs, well-being and choice are of prime importance. We achieve this by putting our residents at the centre of all decisions about their lives and by encouraging them to exercise their rights in all aspects of their care. We strive to preserve and maintain the dignity, individuality and privacy of all residents within a warm and caring environment that is both safe and comfortable. The home boasts an array of modern amenities, including beautifully decorated bedrooms equipped with ensuites, stylish lounge, dining room and a beautiful garden area.

Important Information:

• This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure.
• We strongly recommend you are vaccinated against Covid-19.
• Right to work documentation will need to be provided.
• Certificate of sponsorship is unavailable at this time (Skilled worker route).

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