Edward Moore Residential Care home in Gravesend has a vacancy for a gardener.

Main Duties and Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

Undertake regular maintenance and day-to-day upkeep of the environs of the Home encompassing gardens, boundaries, walkways and access routes. The post holder will carry out gardening tasks including grass cutting (where appropriate), tidying of beds and borders and maintaining trees and shrubs in good shape.

The ideal Gardener will:

o Water plants as appropriate during dry weather
o Maintain sheds and fences in good repair by applying appropriate waterproofing treatment, and report major defects
o Ensure that paths, roadways and parking areas are free of rubbish and other obstructions.
o Collect up leaf fall keeping gutters, rain pipes and gullys clear of debris, and salt/grit paths clearing snow as necessary during inclement weather.
o Clean garden/patio furniture as required, and report defects.
o Check regularly paving, ramps, gates and steps, and report defects.
o Feed fish and clean out ponds where applicable.
o Assist the Maintenance Operative during inclement weather.
o Take part in staff meetings and in training activities as directed.
o Work with all staff towards agreed policies and standards of care in keeping with the stated beliefs of the Organisation.


Rapport Housing and Care offers Supported, Residential and Nursing Care to older people with physical frailty and Dementia across Kent.

OUR PHILOSOPHY:

We want everyone who meets us, no matter in what context, to experience our friendly, caring, compassionate philosophy, which runs through our whole organisation. We are a leading housing and social care provider in the south-east, flexible and responsive to the needs of people in later life.

OUR VALUES:

o Compassion: behaving in a manner that treats people with respect and dignity, listening to what they say and responding;
o Openness: Offering high quality services that are adaptable, flexible and that meet the changing needs of service users in a manner that offers genuine choice;
o Integrity: acting at all times in an honest and straightforward way with all those with whom we come into contact;
o People focussed: reflecting the ethos inherent in the organisations philosophy.


Benefits of working for us include:

- We pay the Adult National Living Wage to all of our employees, regardless of their age

- 28 days paid holiday (pro-rota if part time)

- Comprehensive Induction and Training Packages Continual professional development

- Opportunities to apply for our Academy and National Diploma courses

- Stakeholder Pension Scheme Opportunities to progress.

Confirmation of all appointments is subject to proof of Eligibility to Work in the UK, satisfactory Enhanced DBS clearance, satisfactory references, satisfactory numeracy and literacy assessments and medical clearance.

If you have any questions about the role or about Rapport Housing and Care, please feel free to contact the General Manager on 01474 321 360.

Otherwise and to apply, please click on the apply now button and complete the online form.

Rapport Housing and Care is committed to delivering compassion and companionship as well as care and we are proud of our reputation and profile as one of the major care providers in Kent.

Rapport Housing and Care values the diversity that exists in all our communities and works towards this being reflected in our workforce.

Charity No: 254140

PLEASE NOTE: applications that do not include full education and work histories (with gaps between jobs explained) may not be considered.