Call/email Alisdair at School Staffing to get an application form to complete and send back to us.
We’ll also send you a full job description with details of this SEN Schools’ Group.
They are the sixth-largest provider of specialist educational services in the country, supporting over 900 children and young people, and employing over 1,000 staff.
Housekeeping Assistant
Location: Meldreth, Nr. Royston, Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border
Salary: £11.72 - £11.93 ph, £24,377.60 - £24,814.40 per annum (linked to competency and experience)
Contract: permanent, 40 hours per week, 52-weeks a year
Situated in the village of Meldreth, just ten miles south of Cambridge, on the Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border, this school provides education, care and therapeutic support for children and young people who have severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties resulting in complex learning needs.
Set within 14 acres, this site provides extensive space for learning, developing and living in an environment where they have a range of incredible facilities that include:
*Music and Art Rooms
*Rebound Therapy
*Hydrotherapy
*Hard and soft outdoor space
*Forestry School
*Adapted Kitchens
*Enterprise Schemes
*Sensory Rooms
Main duties include:
*Dusting and polishing
*Maintaining clean and sanitary kitchen areas
*Vacuuming and washing floors
*Tidying up rooms
*Monitoring cleaning supplies and ordering more as and when needed
*Reporting any necessary repairs
*Keeping bathrooms stocked and clean
*Emptying bins and disposing of waste
Please note that duties will vary and you must expect to lend a hand wherever is required.
Skills & Qualifications
*Experience of using equipment and materials in situations where care is needed to prevent harm to others
*Understanding of key aspects of Health and Safety legislation for cleaning
*Experience of cleaning a variety of surfaces.
*High standards, attention to detail, reliability and a positive work ethic.
*Experience and/or knowledge of disability and disability issues would be an advantage
*Positive and proactive demeanour
Benefits:
*Opportunities for meaningful career development
*Fully funded training and qualifications
*Life assurance
*Enhanced pension scheme (from October)
*Perk Box - offering high street discounts
*Employee assistance programme
*Bike to work scheme
*Car lease scheme
School Staffing Recruitment Ltd is acting as an employment business for this position.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
As a result of the volume of applications, If we have not contacted you within two weeks of your application being received, then regretfully your application will not be taken forward on this occasion.