School Domestic Housekeeper

Full Job Description

Location: New Barn School, Newbury

Salary: £10.67 per hour

Hours: 30 hours per week; Mon-Fri - ideally 7:30-1:30 but negotiable

Contract: Permanent, Term Time only

Are you a School Domestic Housekeeper committed to improving the lives of children and young people?

Who we are looking for?

We are looking for a highly motivated and organised person who takes pride in their work and is able to self-manage themselves effectively.

Duties and Responsibilities Core Duties

The list below is not exhaustive and may be altered from time to time.

• Daily cleaning of the school site, to the standard required and in accordance with the daily, weekly, monthly etc checklists
• Ensure all rubbish is removed on a daily basis and recycling where possible
• Ensure the various dispensers including toilet roll are checked and topped up daily
• Ensuring that all cleaning materials are kept in a locked cupboard when not in use.
• Reporting any breakages or damage within the House to the Facilities Manager on a daily basis
• Attend meetings with Maintenance and Lead of unit.
• Any other reasonable request made by the facilities manager and site lead

Non-Core Duties

• Sort/issue/receive laundry – aprons, cloths and tea towels
• Replenish kitchenette with milk, tea, coffee, juice, fruit and snacks
• Help deliver food at lunch time

About us

New Barn School offers a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum to boys and girls, aged 6 – 19 years who have Social, Emotional and Mental Health complexities.

New Barn School takes full advantage of its beautiful settings and fosters a love for using the outdoor curriculum including forest school, farm experiences and horse riding. The school is within a commutable distance of Swindon, Oxford, Andover, Basingstoke and Reading and other surrounding towns and villages.

Our services offer a stable, secure and supportive environment, in which the children and young people we care for can develop the skills and confidence necessary to help them fulfil their potential.

Acorn Care and Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education and residential care for vulnerable children and young people. 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.

Why join Acorn Education & Care?

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.