Multiskilled Craftsperson Carpenter

Main area Estates Grade Grade E Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, including availability for on call) Job
-T-MSC-C-37.5

Employer Summerhill Services Limited Employer type Private Sector Site Tamarind Centre Town Birmingham Salary £35,273.59 - £36,660.69 £ 35273.59 - £36660.69 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/06/2026 23:59

POSTS &

HOURS:

Grade E Multiskilled Craftsperson :

Carpenter (Secure Care)
Based at:
Tamarind

From time to time you may be required to work outside of your area of responsibility and at an alternative location to suit service needs.

At SSL we rely on diversity to deliver on our goals. We actively encourage applications from talented and qualified individuals from all walks of life regardless of age, gender reassignment, marital status or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, disability, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Disclosure

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), satisfactory reference check, qualifications' check, occupational health check and mandatory training prior to commencement of employment.

Role

Purpose:

To carry out all duties of a carpenter including all other building trades as required. Core elements will include manufacture of purpose made joinery, maintenance and repair of fire escapes, fire doors, locks, key cutting, replacement of damaged architectural timber work, manufacture and hanging doors, fitting kitchen units, fixing notices and signs, manufacture and fixing shelving etc.

At SSL, we work in partnership with Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (BSMHFT), to deliver facilities management, transport and other support services to over 50 sites across the West Midlands. Our team keeps expanding and since our establishment, in 2012, we have grown rapidly though the acquisition of new sites and services. At SSL we take pride in our focus to support and contribute to the Trust’s aim which is to help people get better and challenge the stigma associated with mental illness.

We are committed to continuous development of our practices and people and the provision of a fair and friendly work environment for everyone.

Sustainability – All staff are expected to support SSL in meeting our ‘Green’ objectives, being responsible and considerate with regards to all ‘resources’ used and acting to minimise waste (e.g., products purchased, miles travelled, or power used). SSL is mandated to meet national carbon net zero targets and is being performance managed towards that achievement. Every member of staff wishing to work for SSL is expected to contribute to a greener and more sustainable organisation.

Please read in detail the attached job description and person specification. This will give you a more detailed perspective of the expectation of the role

• Recognised CITB or EITB Apprenticeship with City and Guilds qualifications or demonstrable equivalent experience and willingness to undertake NVQs.
• Post Apprenticeship qualifications, formal certificated training in relevant areas.

• 2 years post qualifying relevant experience or equivalent, good communication skills, flexible attitude to work situations.
• Familiarity with the healthcare sector and day to day operation and maintenance of varying types of building/premises.

• Knowledge and appreciation of health and safety issues. Ability to use initiative, able to work on own or as part of a team. Respectful, conscientious, flexible, confident, mature nature, articulate.
• Familiarity with other trades/works undertaken within the Estates Directorate. Awareness and sensitive to specific needs regarding mental health environment.

• Helpful, co-operative, conscientious, committed to the effective and efficient running of the Directorate and service delivery.
• Aptitude for self development, proactive with regards to new technology and working practices.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.