Grounds & Garden Maintenance Specialist

Job Purpose

To maintain and develop gardens, activity areas and grounds to ensure a high quality, safe and secure provision for the people we support, members of our team and visitors

Key Responsibilities

• To produce and operate a planned system of general gardens and grounds maintenance
• To promote the good reputation of the services by maintaining aesthetically pleasing gardens and grounds, which have a neat and tidy appearance at all times
• To advise on all matters relating to equipment including safety, state of repair and the purchasing of new equipment
• To liaise with external contractors on work required beyond the scope of general garden / ground maintenance
• To obtain maximum economy and efficiency in all works
• To ensure all equipment and chemicals are used and handled correctly at all times, in accordance with manufacturer's instructions, COSHH regulations and Health & Safety legislation
• To ensure that all tools are available, in good repair and accounted for at all times
• To ensure that all tools, equipment and garden furniture are maintained, used and stored correctly and safely
• To report any defects, damage, theft, breakages and hazards
• To undertake hard landscaping tasks on fencing, gates and paths
• To carry out all duties in a safe manner having regard for the Health and Safety and welfare of all persons within the services

General

• Exercises vigilance in respect of Health and Safety and promptly report all hazards and/or remedying them where appropriate. Undertake all duties in a manner calculated to minimise or avoid unnecessary risks, personally or to others.
• Reports issues and or/incidents relation to members of the team and people we support that have arisen in the day promptly to the relevant line manager or appropriate person
• Operate at all times in accordance with company policies and procedures, with particular reference to Safeguarding Whistleblowing, Complaints and Representations and Behaviour Policies.
• Participate in team meetings, supervisions and annual reviews in accordance with Company policy and the standards set by the Regulatory Body.
• Work to promote the service as a valued, professional asset within its community and also to promote a culture that individuals and members of the team conduct themselves at all times in a manner that reinforces this image.
• Ensure that all actions are in the interests of the people we support and the Company.
• To work to and exhibit the values of the Company and maintain standards of behaviour in accordance with Company policies, procedures and practices. To carry out any other reasonable and relevant duties as required by the organisation.