Fixed Term Until 31st March 2027
35 hours per week
£28,773 per annum
Job Role
The postholder will deliver the Bryson Pathways home safety, security and handyperson service in the Belfast, Larne, Carrickfergus and Ballymena areas. The service has a strong home safety and preventative focus which includes fixing, repairing, cleaning and clearing items in the home or garden which present a trip or fall hazard. The service provides a RoSPA Home Safety Assessment and the provision of a range of equipment including CO alarms and aids for older people.
Key Tasks
- To carry out adaptations and repairs within the operational requirements of the Handyperson service and documented in the contracts and operational procedures
- To identify where works are outside the remit of the service e.g. electrical, plumbing, heating and advise the service user that these works require a professional tradesperson.
- To carry out the RoSPA home safety assessment using the I-Pad and ensuring all data is accurately collected, entered and uploaded.
- To reply promptly to new referrals, book appointments and maintain a diary of all appointments for reporting.
- To ensure all work and products are fully explained and understood by the service user.
- To determine the nature, time and feasibility of the work required and complete repairs/adaptations to a high standard, collect payment and leave site clean & tidy.
Essential Criteria:
- A recognised qualification in carpentry and / or joinery trade
- Ability to work to timetable and communicate difficulties effectively
- 1 year experience in general building repairs and maintenance
- Ability to work to timetable and communicate difficulties effectively
- Excellent customer care and interpersonal skills
- Full driver’s license.
- Ability to find solutions to simple household maintenance
- Ability to keep accurate, safe and secure records and input data via tablet, email/online through smart phone and/or computer or I-pad as per data protection policies
Desirable Criteria:
- City & Guilds Implementing Home Safety Checks
- City & Guilds Older People Safety in the Home
- Recognised Information technology qualification
- Up-to-Date CSR card
- Experience of taking receipt of cash and following cash handling procedures
A satisfactory Access NI Enhanced / Standard disclosure or Garda Clearance is required prior to commencement of employment.
Bryson adheres to Access NI Code of Practice available upon request.
The closing date for the receipt of completed applications:
Monday 13th July 2026 at 12 noon