ASSISTANT VAN DRIVER / MAINTENANCE CARE & REPAIR (COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT
SCHEME)
Do you have DIY skills and an interest in helping older people in your
community?
Age Action?s Care & Repair programme provides a minor repairs,
maintenance and gardening service to older people who cannot do this
work themselves. Age Action is currently recruiting Assistant Van
Driver/Maintenance worker to join the Care & Repair team.
The Assistant Van Driver/Maintenance position is a hugely rewarding
role which supports older people to remain living at home in increased
safety and comfort. It will prioritise older people who require work
done in their homes in order to return home from hospital.
The role involves driving Age Action vehicles from bases in Dublin
(three positions) and Cork (one position) to the homes of older people
and completing tasks to make their homes safer and more comfortable.
Common requests include moving a bed downstairs, installing grab
rails, installing key safes, garden tidy-ups, installing smoke alarms,
clearing clutter and changing light bulbs.
A caring attitude, strong DIY skills and a full clean driving licence
are essential.
COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT SCHEME (CE)
Eligibility to participate on CE is generally linked to those who are
**Apply on the website** years or over and in receipt of a qualifying
social welfare payment for 1 year or more or **Apply on the website**
years and over for certain disadvantaged groups. Your eligibility will
have to be verified by the Department of Social Protection.
To apply, please send your C.V. to:
Dublin: **Apply on the website**
Cork: **Apply on the website**
_AGE ACTION IS OPPOSED TO DISCRIMINATION AND THE BEST CANDIDATE WILL
BE APPOINTED REGARDLESS OF AGE, DISABILITY, GENDER, ETHNICITY OR OTHER
GROUNDS._
We need : English (Good)
Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Others
