Job summary
Sandwells Prevention Stores delivers and maintains services equipment
and assistive technology, to enable the people of Sandwell to live as
independently as they can within their home environment.
As an important front-line service, working alongside a range of Health & Social Care Services, we are looking to recruit an Equipment Technician. Successful candidates should have experience of working in a fast-paced environment and good communication and IT skills.
The service operates 7 days a week (standard hours), including Bank Holidays and successful candidates will be required to work on a rota basis with each post holder required to work one weekend in every six.
Hours:
37 hours per week (on a rota basis as above)
Main duties of the job
- Delivery, installation, and collection of
equipment from around the borough.
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Providing advice on equipment supplied by Joint
Prevention Stores.
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Dealing with professionals and members of the
public who visit Joint Prevention Stores.
- All candidates must hold a full valid driving license and have the use
of a cars
- Literacy Level 2 qualification or equivalent as a
minimum.
- LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment
Regulations)
- PAT (Portable Appliance Testing) Qualified
- Manufacturers/Suppliers Qualification for servicing
and maintaining and installing equipment.
- You will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring
Check.
About us
In Sandwell, we care about each other, and it is our community that makes us proud to call this place our home.
Were down to earth and proud of our heritage as a powerhouse of the industrial revolution, and this history is still evident today in the unique and distinct character of our towns and neighbourhoods.
This year marks the 50thanniversary of Sandwell Council, when our six towns were brought together under our current boundaries.
Sandwell is at the heart of the West Midlands, and we have a young, diverse and rapidly growing population. Were proud of the diverse communities that bring so much to our borough. Our borough is full of wonderful green places, like our much-loved Sandwell Valley Country Park.
Together we can deliver a great future for Sandwell and change peoples lives for the better.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Overarching principles:Deliver an enhanced customer experience that promotes wellbeing to local people in their local communities.Enable people to live independently for longer by supporting people to retain or regain their skills and confidence, and prevent the need or delays in deterioration wherever possible.
Focus on the customers outcomes, will also contribute to the Strategic outcomes of Sandwell MBC and partner organizations.
Summary of role:To work with vulnerable adults and carers, helping them to achieve ambitions, helping them to do things, take control over their lives as much as possible, building relationships and networks that maintain their independence.To provide a service that flexibly meets the needs of service users within budgetary constraints.To have knowledge and understanding of relevant legislative and regulatory framework and Government initiatives relating to your service area, including safeguarding, and the needs of vulnerable adults.To have knowledge of the principles and responsibility of information sharing and data protection in line with legislation.To be responsible for the day to day the delivery, installation, maintenance of equipment within a borough wide service.Conducting minor repairs to equipment.To undertake specific duties and responsibilities determined by the line manager.
To work with managers and other staff members to share and promote good practice and work co-operatively to ensure consistency in working practices
Job description
Job responsibilities
Overarching principles:Deliver an enhanced customer experience that promotes wellbeing to local people in their local communities.Enable people to live independently for longer by supporting people to retain or regain their skills and confidence, and prevent the need or delays in deterioration wherever possible.
Focus on the customers outcomes, will also contribute to the Strategic outcomes of Sandwell MBC and partner organizations.
Summary of role:To work with vulnerable adults and carers, helping them to achieve ambitions, helping them to do things, take control over their lives as much as possible, building relationships and networks that maintain their independence.To provide a service that flexibly meets the needs of service users within budgetary constraints.To have knowledge and understanding of relevant legislative and regulatory framework and Government initiatives relating to your service area, including safeguarding, and the needs of vulnerable adults.To have knowledge of the principles and responsibility of information sharing and data protection in line with legislation.To be responsible for the day to day the delivery, installation, maintenance of equipment within a borough wide service.Conducting minor repairs to equipment.To undertake specific duties and responsibilities determined by the line manager.
To work with managers and other staff members to share and promote good practice and work co-operatively to ensure consistency in working practices
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Literacy Level 2 qualification or equivalent as a minimum
- Driving licence
- LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations)
- PAT (Portable Appliance Testing) Qualified
- Manufacturers/Suppliers Qualification for servicing and maintaining and installing equipment
Training
Essential
- Evidence of, or willingness to, undertake further training.
- Completion of safeguarding adults training.
- Ability to achieve standard of maintenance required by the manufacturer of equipment.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a repair/maintenance/installation environment
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Literacy Level 2 qualification or equivalent as a minimum
- Driving licence
- LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations)
- PAT (Portable Appliance Testing) Qualified
- Manufacturers/Suppliers Qualification for servicing and maintaining and installing equipment
Training
Essential
- Evidence of, or willingness to, undertake further training.
- Completion of safeguarding adults training.
- Ability to achieve standard of maintenance required by the manufacturer of equipment.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a repair/maintenance/installation environment
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
