We have an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Operative to join the team at Wickmeads, our residential care home, located a stone's throw from the idyllic Tuckton Gardens and River Stour, Christchurch, Dorset. The successful candidate will be responsible for carrying out a varied range of building maintenance and repairs to ensure a safe and comfortable environment for our residents at Buxton House. Key duties will include both planned and reactive maintenance covering: plumbing, heating, electrical, decoration, fire testing, care equipment and carpentry.

Basic Electrical Safety Certificate - Knowledge of Plumbing and Legionella - Experience using heating, electrical and fire systems - Can confidently use own initiative and work with minimum supervision - MEWPS experience - desirable but not essential - Heating and/or Plumbing qualifications - ideal but not essential Ideally you will have experience of working in a care home or similar environment, dealing with a number of maintenance tasks on a daily basis.

PEOPLE | PASSION | PURPOSE Care South are one of the top 20 rated Care Home Groups in the UK based on published reviews from residents and their family and friends at carehome.co.uk.

As a not-for-profit charity within Social Care, we focus on the reward and recognition of all our people, our benefits include:

• Blue Light Shopping Discount Card
• Reward and Recognition Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Industry Based Qualifications