Gardener - Basingstoke, United Kingdom - Care UK Residential Care Services

Care UK Residential Care Services

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Basingstoke, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Dashwood Manor require a Gardener to join their team.

The role is 30 hours per week with an hourly rate of £9.57 per hour and shift patterns are varied.

You:

You're a caring, can-do person, experienced in garden maintenance and upkeep. Ideally, some of that has been gained in a care home setting. You've got a good basic education with GCSEs (or the equivalent) including English and Maths. As well as being very practical, you like dealing with people. You're happy building good relationships with residents, colleagues and contractors. You're a multi-tasker who can work well under pressure and use your initiative to solve problems.

Above all, you're a team player who takes pride in your work and is committed to maintaining a safe, comfortable environment for our residents.

Your role:

The safety of our care home residents and staff is really important.

So your role will be to make sure the grounds are maintained to a high standard and are also appealing spaces to be in.

As our Gardener, you'll be a valuable member of our friendly, close-knit team, promoting the well-being of our residents and the successful running of our care home.

As a Gardener at Care UK, you can look forward to:
Competitive pay - we pay more than the average
Flexible hours
Quality training to develop your skills
Career progression
Bank holiday enhancements
Stakeholder pension
Childcare vouchers
Free uniform
Thousands of online and in-store discounts

About Care UK:

We run over 120 homes and day clubs across the UK. We provide residential, nursing, dementia and end-of-life care for older people. As one of the UK's leading care home providers, our goal is to help every employee fulfil his or her potential - with first-class training and support

Our brand new care home, which opens in Basingstoke in October 2021, will offer**
quality care for older people in beautiful surroundings.**With its highly experienced team, wide range of care services - from residential to
nursing and dementia care - plus a café, cinema and hair salon, our Basingstoke
care home will be focused on resident's care, health and wellbeing.

Dashwood Manor is created to the latest design, including on our dementia suite,
where signage, colour schemes, lighting and floor coverings will be designed to
support people who are living with dementia. The home will also be divided into
smaller suites to create a sense of community for residents.