General Housing Assistant

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.

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