Help at Home Gardener

Help at Home Gardener Wimborne Minster, England

Age UK Bournemouth Poole & East Dorset
Full Time Wimborne Minster, England 10.37 GBP HOURLY Today
Job description

Age UK Bournemouth, Poole & East Dorset
Job Description

POST TITLE: Help at Home Gardener

SALARY SCALE: £10.37 per hour, plus mileage

HOURS: Zero Hours Contract

PURPOSE: To undertake light gardening work, such as mowing the lawn, pruning, light weeding, and planting. Please note that you must have a valid car driving licence, and access to a vehicle to undertake this role, as well as your own lawn mower and basic tools

Main Tasks

  • Mowing the lawn, pruning, light weeding, and planting
  • Ensuring that the clients' gardens are completed to a high standard upon leaving their property, disposing of any garden waste in an appropriate manner, using customer bins and compost areas
  • Adhering to the health and safety requirements specified by the Help at Home Manager during initial training
  • Filling out the appropriate documents (timesheets, work logs, etc.) and returning them to the Help at Home Manager in a timely manner.
  • Communicating with the clients in a friendly, polite, and respectful manner

General

1. To liaise with other Age UK Bournemouth, Poole & East Dorset (AUKBPED) staff to ensure that clients receive all other necessary services and to work as part of a team with other Age UK Bournemouth, Poole & East Dorset staff.

2. To ensure that AUKBPED policies are adhered too, including Health &
Safety, Equal Opportunities and Confidentiality etc.

3 To undertake any other reasonable duties as requested by the line
Mangers, Chief Executive or Trustees.

4. Carry out tasks according to Age UK Bournemouth, Poole & East Dorset policies and standards, in particular on confidentiality, anti-discriminatory policies and health and safety.

Person Specification

Help at Home Gardener

Essential/ Desirable Evidenced by application/interview/references
Previous experience of working with older people - Desirable
Experience of working with people with dementia - Desirable
Excellent oral and communication skills - Essential
Access to email - Essential
Car Driver - Essential
Good computer skills - Essential
Ability to work alone - Essential
Ability to show empathy with older people and to adapt communication to the needs of the client - Essential

Ability to keep clear and concise written records - Essential

Flexibility - Essential
Good time keeping - Essential
Reliable & honest - Essential
Ability to keep confidentiality - Essential
Willingness to undertake training - Essential
Understanding the needs of older people - Desirable

Feb 2023

Job Type: Part-time

Salary: From £10.42 per hour

Benefits:

  • Flexitime

Schedule:

  • Day shift
  • Flexitime
  • Monday to Friday
  • No weekends

Work Location: On the road

Help at Home Gardener
Age UK Bournemouth Poole & East Dorset

www.ageuk.org.uk/bournemouthpooleeastdorset
Bournemouth, United Kingdom
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Company - Public
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