School Cleaner

Full Job Description

Job title: School Cleaner

Salary: £10.42 per hour

Location: Barton School, Barton Upon Humber

Hours: 10 hours per week; Monday - Friday 2 hours per day

Contract: Permanent

Can you enrich the lives of young people as a Domestic Assistant?

We are looking for responsible, caring School Cleaner/Domestic Assistant to join our fantastic team at Barton School based in Barton Upon Humber. As School Cleaner/Domestic Assistant you will help maintain facilities and ensure areas are well presented and clean ready to help support our children and young people in their daily lives.

This is a great opportunity to work as part of a team committed to helping children with varied and complex needs.

Our Domestic Assistant’s carry out an essential role to maintain the standards of cleanliness required by the children and young people in our care. You will take pride in ensuring domestic duties including vacuuming, mopping, rubbish removal, dusting and cleaning are carried out to the highest standards.

When it comes to looking after our children, we never settle for second best. We are looking for a Domestic Assistant who shares our vision to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable young people in the UK, to be happy and to make their way in the world.

Motivation and pride in ensuring the highest standards are among the key characteristics we are seeking. As the school grows there will be opportunities to expand on the job role and the need to be quality focused, efficient, able to work at pace, and motivated to help us provide a safe, caring environment where every child can thrive.

About us

Barton is a DfE registered school and OFSTED rated children’s home offering a purpose-built service specially designed to meet the educational and development needs of the children in our care. We provide care to children and young people with autism, Asperger’s Syndrome and associated difficulties. Based in Barton Upon Humber, North Lincolnshire, we are within easy reach of Barton, Scunthorpe, Doncaster, Hull and surrounding towns.

For over 16 years Options Autism have provided care and education to children, young people and adults with autism, complex needs and learning difficulties. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

About the Role

This role would see you become responsible for set areas of the school and its cleanliness. You would be under the direction of our Facilities Manager and work alongside our existing domestic team, which will only grow as the school evolves. All equipment will be provided as required and working hours are negotiable as long as the full number of hours are completed each week.

Key responsibilities

• Provide a safe, caring and healthy environment where the children can thrive and develop their independence
• Promote and celebrate diversity
• Safeguard all children and support them with their individual and personal needs
• To follow school policy and procedures for recording and reporting

Why join Options Autism?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully enhanced DBS.