Hourly rate: £13.64 per hour

Hours: 12 hours per week

Key Results

• Undertake all gardening and grounds duties for the Trust, including the maintenance of lawns, borders, flowerbeds, paths, ponds, and indoor planting.
• Provide a high-quality service to our customers, supporting and advising residents, should they wish to engage in gardening activities and responding appropriately to queries from residents, colleagues, or visitors.
• Work with the wider Estates team carrying out additional security and maintenance duties in line with the Trust’s policies and procedures and health and safety legislation.
• Assist the wider estates team with additional duties such as the set-up for site events and activities and timely collection of recycling and waste.
• Respond to site emergencies including emergencies involving utility services, extreme weather, or environmental disasters.

• Drive any of the Trust’s vehicles including the minibus as required (providing qualified to do so).                                      

Skills and Experience

Communication

• Write notes and messages – numeracy, literacy, and verbal skills.
• Communicate with people with differing communication needs.
• Encourage and influence.
• Understand and follow instructions and procedures.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Mixed methods and mediums of communication.

Thinking Style

• Analyses and evaluates given information.
• Adapts style and approach appropriate to situation or task.
• Structures tasks/activities.
• Pre-empts issues and trouble-shoots.
• Refers appropriate decisions to line manager.
• Identify and recommend learning and development areas for colleagues.
• Challenge, or suggest new ways of working, to promote the efficiency of the unit or team.

Working with Others

• Works effectively as part of a team.
• Builds relationships of trust with others (team, residents, and their family & friends). 
• Potential exposure to challenging, physical or emotional situations.

Other Skills and Qualifications

Essential

• Experience of working as a gardener
• Ability to carry out a range of practical tasks including basic maintenance and security.
• Practical knowledge of using machinery and chemicals safely for gardening
• Current, clean full driving licence or ability to travel efficiently across our villages

Desirable

• RHS level 2 certificate (or equivalent)
• Pa1 and Pa6a certificate
• Chainsaw certificate
• D1. Category or PCV, driving licence with minibus driving experience.
• Basic health and safety, first aid, fire procedures and manual handling
• Basic ground works, buildings, and maintenance
• Previous experience of working with older people in a care environment

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