Bank Gardener
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Summary
As a Gardener at Amberley Hall Care Home, you will be responsible for ensuring that the full extent of the grounds and gardens is a high-quality amenity for residents, their relatives and our team.
Key Responsibilities
- Be solely responsible for the garden and grounds, overseeing all aspects of planning, purchasing, planting, and maintenance.
- Work with the Home Manager to plan for garden improvements, ensuring the garden flourishes under your care.
- Perform regular garden maintenance tasks, including watering, weeding, pruning, and general upkeep.
- Collaborate with our team to ensure the garden is well-watered, especially during the summer months.
Core Requirements
- Experience working within a gardening environment is essential.
- Excellent customer service and communication skills.
- Knowledge of care homes or working with people living with dementia is advantageous.
About Amberley Hall Care Home:
Award-winning Amberley Hall is one of the top residential care homes in Kings Lynn. At Amberley Hall we pride ourselves on our beautiful, extensive gardens filled with pear trees, our state-of-the-art cinema and our hair and beauty salon.
All of our team at the purpose-built, 106-bedroom care home are ready to welcome residents with their compassionate and caring attitudes.
About the role:
Reporting to the Home Manager, the Gardener is responsible for ensuring maintenance of the garden and grounds to high standard. We want a truly green fingered individual to take charge of our garden and grounds.
Salary:
£12.21 per hour.
Shift Pattern:
0 hours per week, worked on a rota basis from Monday to Sunday.
Home Location:
Baldock Drive, King's Lynn, England, PE30 3DQ.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
- Be solely responsible for the garden and grounds, overseeing all aspects of planning, purchasing, planting, and maintenance.
- Work with the Home Manager to plan for garden improvements, ensuring the garden flourishes under your care.
- Perform regular garden maintenance tasks, including watering, weeding, pruning, and general upkeep.
- Collaborate with our team to ensure the garden is well-watered, especially during the summer months.
Training, Skills & Experience Required:
- Experience working within a gardening environment is essential.
- Excellent customer service and communication skills.
- Knowledge of care homes or working with people living with dementia is advantageous.
What we can offer:
- Fully comprehensive induction.
- Competitive salary, plus enhancements on bank holidays.
- 28 days of holiday per year.
- Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform.
- Refer a friend scheme.
About Athena:
Athena Care Homes are a family run business with seven homes across East Anglia. We have care homes in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Kings Lynn (West Norfolk) & Ipswich (Suffolk).
We want to be the first choice for high quality residential, nursing and dementia care, leaving a positive legacy within our communities.
Our care homes are managed by amazing and passionate people, including strong leadership by our home managers with dedicated care, clinical, hospitality and activities teams to provide exceptional care and experience, achieving brilliant outcomes for people in our care.
We hold our values close to our hearts and ensure that team members throughout each of our residential and nursing homes understand them and what importance they hold. We approach everything we do with thought, and we deliver with passion.
Details
Type
Bank / Casual
Location
King's Lynn
Care Home
Amberley Hall Care Home
Job Function
Maintenance