ground staff jobs

Hours: 35 per week
Monday to Friday, 9am – 4pm

About Wellington Lodge, Cheetham

Wellington Lodge is a friendly and supportive residential community located in the heart of Cheetham. Our home is known for its warm atmosphere, high standards of care, and strong sense of teamwork. Staff are valued, residents are treated with dignity and compassion, and the environment is one where everyone works together to create a safe, comfortable, and well-maintained place to live and work.

About the Role

As the Handyperson at Wellington Lodge, you will play an important part in keeping the home safe, functional, and well cared-for. Your responsibilities will include completing non-urgent, day-to-day maintenance tasks in residents’ homes and throughout the building. You will also be an ambassador for the service, engaging positively with residents and ensuring maintenance requests are handled efficiently and to a high standard.

You should be comfortable working independently, using your initiative to plan your workload and deliver high-quality results across a range of tasks.

Typical duties may include:

• Minor carpentry repairs, such as fixing doors, windows, and fittings
• Installing locks, shelves, and other fixtures
• Minor plumbing work
• Basic redecoration and general building upkeep
• Supporting residents with small non-urgent maintenance jobs

About You

You will be customer-focused, approachable, and respectful of the independence and rights of older people. Strong communication and listening skills are essential, as is the ability to build positive relationships with residents and colleagues. Experience in general building maintenance or a relevant trade is required, along with a practical and solutions-focused approach to your work.

Our Commitment

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We have active BAME, LGBT+ and Disabled colleague networks that help shape policy, celebrate diversity, and promote an inclusive culture. We recruit, train, and promote without discrimination based on race, religion, colour, sex or gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other protected characteristic. Respect is one of our core values, and we do not tolerate harassment or discrimination from colleagues, residents, or third parties.

Please note: All applicants must already have the legal right to work in the UK to fulfil this role.

Wellington Lodge in Cheetham, Manchester is home to well trained and helpful staff with rooms for up to 32 residents. At Anchor, we pride ourselves in providing 24-hour care and specialised services for elderly people, the beauty of our grounds, the quality of our catering and our engaging activities we deliver.

• CQC rating of ‘Good’ with a 9.6 star review on Carehome.co.uk
• Development opportunities to complete Care qualifications or progressing into senior roles
• Good transportation links with easy access from Manchester. Abraham Moss tram station is a 10 minute walk from the home
• In house Bistro and quiet lounge

Anchor – a great place to work

Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.

We’re not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.

Our values

Every one of us can make a difference to our residents and play a part in shaping homes and services around their needs.

Our Anchor values of being Accountable, Respectful, Courageous and Honest apply to us all, whether you manage colleagues as part of your role or not.

Displaying our values can influence those around us to do the same. We can all be leaders at Anchor and should all be driven by the same customer ethos. Our Anchor Leadership Framework helps align these values with the skills and behaviours we demonstrate.

A rewarding environment

From health and happiness to finance and your career, we’ll give you all the support you need.

Health & happiness

• Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
• Mental health support
• Flexible working options
• Access to online GP appointments

Finance

• Pension plan – contribute between 4% and 8% and we’ll match it or better
• Quick and easy pension transfer service
• Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
• Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more

Career

• Ongoing personal and professional development programme
• Leadership Pathways online learning resources
• Career progression and promotion opportunities

To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated being well website Please follow the link or copy and paste https://anchorbeingwell.co.uk/ into your browser

Celebrating diversity, celebrating you

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.

We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.

We are a Gold Standard Inclusive Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Menopause Friendly and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant, HouseProud Pledge and Age Friendly Employer Pledge schemes.