Handyperson

About the Role

Are you a skilled and reliable handyperson with a passion for creating safe, well-maintained, and welcoming environments?

We are seeking a Handyperson to support the day-to-day practical needs of our Residential Service in Bromley. This is a varied and rewarding role where your work will have a direct impact on the comfort, safety, and wellbeing of children, young people, and staff.

At Barnardo's, we are committed to delivering high-quality services for some of the most vulnerable children and young people in the country. In this role, you will play a vital part in maintaining our residential home to a high standard, ensuring it remains safe, homely, and fit for purpose.

Working with Children and Young People

This role involves regular contact with children and young people living within the residential service. You will be expected to engage with them in a positive, respectful, and professional manner, contributing to a calm, safe, and welcoming environment.

The successful candidate will be able to build appropriate and trusting relationships while always maintaining clear professional boundaries, in line with Barnardo's safeguarding policies and procedures. You will be expected to act as a positive role model, demonstrating consistency, respect, and professionalism in your day-to-day interactions.

Key Responsibilities

Your duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Undertaking minor routine maintenance and repairs
• Carrying out general gardening and outdoor upkeep
• Assembling flat-pack furniture and installing shelves, curtain poles, and fittings
• Window cleaning (no excessive heights)
• Deep cleaning of carpets and surfaces when required
• Clearing minor drain blockages
• Moving furniture and equipment between sites (some heavy lifting involved)
• Completing Health & Safety checks and reporting concerns to management
• Keeping on top of day-to-day maintenance and “odd jobs,” ensuring tasks are prioritised, completed efficiently, and followed up where necessary
• Ensuring tools and equipment are clean, well maintained, stored safely, and used in line with safety procedures
• Taking responsibility for the security of project premises

Essential Requirements

Applicants must be able to demonstrate:

• Experience in general maintenance and minor construction work (professional or DIY)
• Knowledge of the safe use, storage, and maintenance of tools and equipment
• The ability to identify maintenance issues and take appropriate action
• Good communication skills and the ability to engage positively with children, young people, and staff
• A responsible, proactive, and safety-conscious approach to work
• The ability to work independently, manage time effectively, and maintain clear communication with the wider team

Additional Information

• This role is subject to a satisfactory DBS check
• Flexible working arrangements are available and will be discussed at interview

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values.  We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. 

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay. 

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.  More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application. 

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

• Reference number:22372
• Job Title:Handyperson
• Location:Bromley
• Locality:Solace Rise
• Contract type:Permanent
• Hours:18.5
• Salary:£26,647.40 - £27797.40 FTE (13,323.70 - £13,898.70 Pro rata)
• Closing Date:26 January 2026
• Interview Date:29/01/2026