Vacancies

• Job Reference
• SYS-14231
• Location
• Hammersmith, London
• Job Description
• Gardener_2019_v1.pdf

• Post Code
• W6 9QH
• Job Copy

• 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

• Where you'll work

• St Vincent’s House is a modern and elegant purpose-designed care home in Hammersmith, west London.

  Our experienced team provides personalised nursing and respite care for older people. We also offer sensitive and supportive end of life care.

  Everyone at St Vincent’s House is very friendly and welcoming, and the home has a real family feel. We spend lots of time getting to know residents and their loved ones, so that we fully understand each person’s support needs, lifetime experiences and interests. It’s an important part of creating individualised care plans and designing activities that will engage and inspire.

  Every member of our team shares the same goal of providing the best possible standards of care and offering compassion and support wherever it’s needed. We’re proud to have been awarded the Gold Standards Framework for care homes hallmark in recognition of the high quality of our end of life care.

Care UK is committed to ensuring that it employs people with the right mix of talent, skills and potential and will assess every applicant fairly regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependents, age, physical/mental disability or offending background. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from working with us, it will depend on the nature of the role and background of any offence.