Job Description

Job description
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, friendly and flexible candidate to apply for the role of Handy Person at Chancet wood.





We are a dynamic team working in a short breaks home for children and young people aged 5 to 18 with physical and multiple disabilities. The post is for 37 hours per week worked over 5 days.





The hours worked will be between 8am and 4pm on a flexible rota. This will include some bank holidays.





Positive relationships with Staff and Young people will be important to you as you will work as part of the Chancet wood team.





You will be responsible for the routine maintenance of the home, including decorating, routine repairs, maintenance of fixtures and fittings, carrying out routine checks, maintaining logs, providing domestic support when required and providing rapid responses to damage in the home to ensure repairs are completed swiftly and standards in the home are maintained.





All successful candidates are to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check. Applicants will need to be at least 22 years of age.





We are committed to fairness and social justice and welcome applications from everyone.





For Informal Enquiries please contact Simon Money on 01142746461 or Lisa Shaw on 01142746459



We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.





It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.





Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.





We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.



Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.





If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.





Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.

Job details

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Job reference
REQ003387
Date posted
26/05/2025
Application closing date
15/06/2025
Location
Sheffield
Salary
Grade 3 24,790 to 25,183
Package
Permanent Position
Contractual hours
37
Job category/type
Caretaking, Cleaning, Catering