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267 SOUTHLANDS ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 2EG

CEDARMORE HOUSING ASSOCIATION LTD(MR BAREHAM) - Apprentice Services Team Assistant

Salary: £16,640 to £26,436.80 a year
Working Pattern: Full Time
Contract Type: Apprenticeship
Hours: 40
Closing Date: Thu 10 Sep 2026 - 11:59 pm UTC
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CEDARMORE HOUSING ASSOCIATION LTD(MR BAREHAM) - Apprentice Services Team Assistant

Summary

To assist the Services Team in ensuring the maintenance of all buildings and their surrounding grounds. 

Annual wage: £15,704 to £25,396.80 a year
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Training course: Property maintenance operative (level 2)

Hours
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
40.0 hours a week

Possible start date: Wednesday 16 September 2026

Duration: 2 Years 3 Months

Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you'll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You'll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you'll do at work

  • To assist the Services Team in ensuring the maintenance of all buildings and their surrounding grounds, together with all fittings and technical equipment, are kept in good working order in accordance with relevant statutory regulations and other good practice guidelines.
  • To assist the Services Team (in collaboration with the relevant site management) in ensuring that all services, equipment and buildings are properly and adequately maintained, and that they comply with all relevant statutory regulations.
  • To organise and undertake general maintenance in CHA buildings, which may include basic plumbing, maintaining equipment (including nursing beds, training provided as appropriate), painting and decorating, basic carpentry, ground work, replacing light bulbs, cleaning gutters, etc.
  • To carry out Portable Appliance Testing (PAT testing) of all electrical appliances in accordance with legislative guidelines (training provided if required).

To work with the Services Team to ensure that statutory and other regulated tests and checks are carried out and accurate records kept on a timely basis, including but not limited to:

  • Fire safety and prevention, including fire alarms and emergency lighting.
  • Nurse call systems
    Nursing beds
  • Water safety temperature monitoring
  • To assist the Services Manager in supporting Scheme Managers in developing and maintaining environments compliant with up‑to‑date H&S requirements.
  • To assist the Services Manager in monitoring budgeted expenditure, initiating invoiced payments on a timely basis following confirmation that goods and services have been provided as required.

Where you'll work

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

LONDON SOUTH EAST COLLEGES

Your training course

Property maintenance operative (level 2)

Your training plan

We provide on‑the‑job in‑house training but the apprentice is via LSEC and their course.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • Maths & English (grade Grades 4-9 (A*- C))

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

Other requirements

We hope the person fits well with our ethos and organisation and can commit long‑term.

  • Southmore Court, BR2 8BQ
  • Cedarmore Court, BR7 5PE
  • Elenmore Court, BR1 2EN
  • Beechmore Court, BR1 2EG
  • Good communication skills
  • Accuracy and attention to detail
  • Ability to work as part of a staff team
  • Sensitivity with frail elderly people
  • Good computer literacy

About this company

Cedarmore Housing Association assist local older people who were finding it difficult to cope in their living environment. We now have a residential care home, three sheltered housing schemes and employ over 100 staff. We are a small not‑for‑profit organisation governed by a Board of Volunteer Directors and led by our Chief Executive and Leadership Team.

The Association's first property was
Cedarmore Court in Chislehurst opening in 1973
Followed by Southmore Court in Petts Wood in 1979, both providing sheltered flats with Scheme Managers on duty from 9am to 5pm. The extensions to Southmore Court was opened in 1998.

Beechmore Court, a residential care home for older people opened in 1986. Subsequent sections to cater for those living with dementia in the Isabel and Florence House.

Elenmore Court was opened in 1996 providing flats for older people without a Scheme Manager, but with an emergency call system and visitors calling in.

https://www.cedarmorehousing.org.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

We hope the person fits well with our ethos and organisation and can commit long‑term.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CEDARMORE HOUSING ASSOCIATION LTD(MR BAREHAM)

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000021111.

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Closes on Thursday 10 September 2026

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