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Handy Person

Job details
Posting date: 17 March 2026
Salary: £24,638 per year
Additional salary information: £24,638 per annum plus great benefits!
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 16 April 2026
Location: Middlesbrough, TS1 2NR
Company: Home Group Limited
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 26466

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Summary

Handy Person

Pay £12.60 per hour, Salary £24,638 per annum

Permanent, Full time (37.5 hpw)

based across Middlesbrough

We can’t offer a CoS for this role

Home, a place where you belong

We have a brilliant opportunity to join our fantastic services across Middlesbrough. We are the multi skilled hands-on practical support that helps our colleagues deliver services to our customers. 

We work with customers who are at risk of homelessness, complex mental health or learning disability, across a mix of properties and grounds. As our handy person, you’ll spend much of your time working across several different services and out in the community.

What’s in it for you?

  • 34 days leave, pro-rated (including bank holidays and a “me day”)

  • Paid time off for volunteering

  • Matching Pension contributions (up to 7%, with life assurance of 3x Basic Salary)

  • Save up to £1140 yearly with our health cash plan, covering dental, optical, and therapies

  • Career path with development and an excellent training package

  • Excellent benefits and rewards including supermarket discounts and travel expenses

What you’ll do

  • Perform minor or emergency repairs, decorating and cleaning in properties and communal areas.

  • Handle tasks like hanging curtain poles, moving furniture, touching up paint, changing washers, unblocking sinks, mowing lawns and clearing grounds.

  • Carry out regular fire safety checks.

  • Work with colleagues, contractors and customers.

  • Liaise with Customer Service Centre and contractors to report and follow up on repairs outside your remit.

Why join us

This is more than a job – it’s a place where you feel valued. With our learning and development offer, and support from friendly colleagues, you’ll make a real difference every day! If you’re ready to leave behind the ordinary, do something that really matters. Be part of one of the UK’s top 10 Great Places to Work!

You have

  • A team player with a can-do attitude and enthusiasm.

  • General maintenance know-how, a bit of carpentry, basic plumbing and confidence with a paintbrush or broom

  • Comfortable working and communicating with people from all walks of life.

  • Ability to use technology to log day to day information and process orders.

  • To get from A to B, you’ll need a valid driving licence and a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that we’ll pay your mileage!

Stronger together

We do our best work when we’re ourselves. That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!

The practical bits

  • You’ll work from Monday to Friday, but we’re flexible as long as we meet our customer’s needs.

  • You'll be based at Middlesbrough and travel around the properties in the area.

  • Occasionally you'll head outside the patch for all hands-on deck situations.

  • You’ll need a Standard DBS check, we pay for it.

Find out more

Click APPLY NOW to see our Handy Person Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Roles can close early, so don’t wait.

For reasonable adjustments email recruitment@homegroup.org.uk

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