General Housing Assistant
Role: General Housing Assistant
Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight
Contract: perm,6 hrs p/w (2 x shifts p/w) Can combine with another role to increase hours
The Abbeyfield Society are a national charity helping to alleviate loneliness and isolation in older people by providing companionship in our supported housing accommodation, retirement apartments and care homes.
This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who would be interested in joining our organisation, to support our Sheltered Housing property in Cowes, Isle of Wight. If you are looking for a rewarding role to fit around you, Abbeyfield would love for you to join us.
You can never underestimate the power a friendly face and a home cooked meal has on someone’s day. This is a varied role, with resident wellbeing at the forefront of what we do.
This is a varied role, the main tasks of a General Housing Assistant include:
- Ensure communal areas are clean and tidy
- Assist with meal preparation and serving
- Ensuring food stores and maintained with stock rotation
- Promote wellbeing of residents
- Opportunity to cook/bake on occasion to cover Cook (to be discussed further at interview)
Our ideal candidate for General Housing Assistant will have the following qualities
- A cheerful and friendly demeanour
- Understand the needs of older people
- Proactive and organised, someone that takes pride in what they do
At Abbeyfield, to thank you for making such a huge impact to our residents lives, we are committed to make life a little easier for our valued workforce by supporting
Your Wellbeing
- A great work/life balance with great job satisfaction
- Menopause Friendly accredited workplace
- Inclusive working environment
- Enhanced holiday entitlement for long service
- Occupational sick pay
- Medical cashback scheme allowing costs of medical expenses to be claimed back (including dental, opticians, prescriptions, a range of therapies and much more.)
- Eye care vouchers
- Access to virtual GP
- Discounted gym membership
- 24hr Employee Assistance program
- Cycle to Work Scheme
Financial Wellbeing
- Competitive rates of pay
- Pay progression within role
- Unlimited opportunities to earn £500 via our 'refer a colleague' scheme
- Portal access to unlock a whole host of discounts and cashback offers
- Child care vouchers
- Eligibility for a Blue Light card, with huge savings
- Life Assurance Scheme
- Work place pension
Career Development
- Peer and leadership support
- Paid apprenticeship opportunities
- Career pathways for each role; unlock your skills, knowledge and potential
- Online Development Academy
You can find out more about what makes working for Abbeyfield great using the link below
Rewards and benefits of working at Abbeyfield | Careers at Abbeyfield
We look forward to hearing from you
We reserve the right to close posts at any time, once we have received sufficient applications.
Other details
- Job Family Housing & Independent Living
- Job Function 1. Operations
- Pay Type Salary
- Min Hiring Rate £11.44
- Max Hiring Rate £11.44
- Cowes, UK