Multi Skills Apprenticeship

Female only applicants – due to nature of the work/vulnerable clients.

Empower yourself and your community! This apprenticeship offers hands-on training in property maintenance while working for a women's charity. Gain valuable skills, support a worthy cause, and build a fulfilling career.

The apprenticeship will involve the day-to-day maintenance and repair of a range of properties. This can be routine maintenance through to emergency repairs using a wide range of trade skills.

You will work alongside other maintenance staff and skilled trades to complete the jobs. The apprenticeship will provide you with a great opportunity to learn and will give you valuable experience across a number of areas:

• To support on home visits of around 90 mins- 2 hrs duration to service users to offer practical energy advice and support that will be both money and energy-saving (we can put you through an NEA level 3 Energy assessment course if necessary) to identify further help that may be required from yourself, energy advisers or external providers.

• Help with minor repairs and reactive maintenance in client’s homes - such as cupboard door fixing, fitting of insulation strips/draught excluders and radiator blankets. Work may also include minor plumbing repairs/painting and decorating and the making up of flat pack furniture if required.

• Installation measures such as replacing smoke/carbon monoxide detectors, washing machines.

• To manage your own time/diary flexibly and efficiently to meet the demands of service users and the wider team, including phone calls to clients prior to visits

• To update and record client data effectively using our Views and potential other systems (such as Outlook) to keep all client records updated in a timely manner and that potential follow-up work by yourself or others is recorded. (training will be given)

• Signposting clients to other services within Lancashire Women – whether to part of our broader team for employment or debt advice, or other streams such as the Mental Health and Wellbeing Team

Training:

Level 2 Property Maintenance Operative standard.

This will be a blended delivery, a mixture of Microsoft Teams and face to face. All training will take place on site and within your working hours.

Ixion Holdings will complete functional skills where necessary and will ensure Health & Safety, British Values and Equality & Diversity is embedded throughout the course.

Training Outcome:

This role leads naturally into other fields such as facilities services, individual trades, building service engineer and facilities management.

Employer Description:
Lancashire Women are a leading charity, supporting an average of 5000 people each year in Lancashire to improve their lives and push through the barriers they face. We offer support with employment support, mental health and wellbeing support (1 to 1 sessions and group sessions), money advice and energy advice. We also have a Justice & Safety team who work with women in the justice system or women who might face homelessness or domestic abuse. We have four venues in Accrington, Blackpool, Burnley and Blackburn. We also offer virtual 1 to 1 support (via Phone/Whats App), group support and outreach support at venues including Preston, Chorley, Lancaster and Skelmersdale.

Working Hours :
Working on a shift pattern, shifts TBC.

Skills:
Communication skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Problem solving skills,Analytical skills,Team working,Initiative,Non judgemental,Patience,Physical fitness