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Ref no:
11089_1754553984
Published:
07/08/2025
Closes:
21/08/2025
Location:
Ferrylee Care Home, 33 North Junction Street, Edinburgh, EH6 6HR
Salary:
£25,905 - £26,111 per year
Contract Type:
Permanent
Position Type:
Full Time
Hours:
36 hours per week

Handyperson
Location: Ferrylee Care Home

Salary: £25,905 - £26,111
Hours: 36 hours per week

Social care is a challenging and rewarding career. Our Handyperson staff work with some of Edinburgh's most vulnerable residents. Working in Adult Social Care is a way to make a real difference to the lives of adults and it is extremely rewarding.

You don't need previous experience in Adult Social Care to apply for the role of Handyperson. The post holder will have a knowledge of basic building and DIY skills and is required to have knowledge and experience of the use of equipment as necessary to carry out the posts' requirements.

Hours of work will be Monday - Thursday, 08:00 - 16:00 and Friday 08:00 - 14:30, if this fits in with what you are looking for then we would like to talk to you. We can offer you excellent training, good rates of pay, excellent holiday entitlement, a generous pension scheme and range of staff benefits.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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