Handy Person
| Posting date: | 11 August 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 October 2025 |
| Location: | Durham (Mercury House), DH1 1TW |
| Company: | Home Group Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 251236 |
Summary
Handy Person
Pay £12.60 per hour (salary £24,638 per annum)
Permanent, Full Time (37.5 hpw)
Brandon, Durham
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Home, a place where you belong
We have a fabulous job opportunity for a Handy Person to join our awesome team. We are the multi skilled hands-on practical support that helps our colleagues deliver services to our customers.
As a business we support customers with mental health support needs who live in supported accommodation in a wide range of properties and grounds. As our handy person you’ll spend much of your time working across our different accommodation services in County Durham.
What’s in it for you?
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34 days leave, (including bank holidays and a “me day”)
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Paid time off for volunteering
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Matching Pension contributions (up to 7%, with life assurance of 3x Basic Salary)
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Save up to £1140 yearly with our health cash plan, covering dental, optical, and therapies
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Career path with development and an excellent training package
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Excellent benefits and rewards including supermarket discounts and travel expenses
Colleagues really matter to us, that’s why we’re the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing.
Job details
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You will work Monday to Friday, 9am until 5pm. We are flexible, so long as customer needs are met, we’ll adapt work patterns to suit you
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Occasional travel to support other services as needed.
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You’ll need a Standard DBS check done and we pay for that.
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Based at Sherwood House, Brandon (Durham), with travel across Co Durham properties
Typical day as a Handy Person
Working for one of UK's top ten Great Places to Work, you will...
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Perform minor or emergency repairs, decorating and cleaning in properties and communal areas.
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Handle tasks like hanging curtain poles, moving furniture, touching up paint, changing washers, unblocking sinks, mowing lawns and clearing grounds.
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Carry out regular fire safety checks.
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Work with colleagues, commercial partners, and customers throughout the day.
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Liaise with Customer Service Centre and contractors to report and follow up on repairs outside your remit
You’ll go home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better, here, working for one of the top ten Great Place to Work in the UK!
A place where you belong
Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!
Find out more
Click APPLY NOW to see our Handy Person Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Roles may close early, so don’t miss out! You can also check out our benefits on our website.
Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you in our process by making reasonable adjustments at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk
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