Care Home Maintenance Operative - Bognor Regis, Worthing, New Milton


Company:	ALLIED CARE LIMITED
Salary:	from £12.72 an hour
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	New Milton, BH25 5BL
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	29 Oct 2026
Closing date:	28 Nov 2026

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Summary

Benefits

Excellent ongoing paid training from day one and throughout your career.

Work Place Pension

Excellent Induction and regular formal supervision with your line manager.

Casual dress

Referral programme

Eligible for Blue Light Card

When working a full shift, meals are free.

The safety of our Service users, staff, and premises is the utmost priority for Allied Care. The role of the general maintenance operative is to ensure that the premises and grounds are maintained to a high standard. As our Maintenance operative, you’ll be a valuable member of our staff, promoting the well-being of our service users and the successful running of our care home.

This role covers our services in Bognor Regis, Worthing and New Forest Area

Essential requirements

The ideal candidate will have maintenance experience in a social care and health care setting, and have good literacy and numeracy skills. A qualification in one aspect of maintenance (e.g., plumbing), would be preferred, but not essential as full training given. The ideal candidate will have a general knowledge of all aspects of household maintenance, and be able to identify when an outside contractor is required and advise accordingly. You will be working jointly with the Home Managers to ensure that our homes are maintained to the highest of standards. Your responsibilities will include - Liaise with home manager to prioritise and complete maintenance tasks. General care home maintenance (moving of furniture, mowing/weeding, clearing drains and soil pipes, painting and decorating, and hanging pictures. Mending leaks. Changing taps. Includes ladder work. Ensure all ventilation units and lights are kept clean. Replace any defective light bulbs/diffusers Liaise with Home Manager or delegated Staff Member regarding maintenance work to be carried out Ensure all equipment used by the maintenance operative is clean and well maintained Checking control panels and electrical wiring to identify issues Perform minor fixes such as repairing broken locks, filling gaps on walls etc. Install appliances and equipment Check functionality of safety systems Inspect and troubleshoot equipment and systems Record keeping for tasks identified and completed Manage a small maintenance budget and keep records of expenditure The above list is not exhaustive

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