Cleaner

Higford School; Shifnal; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Higford School is offering a fantastic opportunity for a Cleaner to join our dedicated Facilities Team. The role focuses on maintaining a clean and safe environment for our autistic students, with daily cleaning duties and a commitment to safeguarding and well-being. Join us to make a significant positive impact in a supportive and rewarding setting.

Benefits

Life Assurance

Pension scheme

Mental health support services

Physical health checks

Flexible Benefits Platform

Cycle to Work Schemes

Electric Car Purchase Scheme

Paid fertility treatment support

Qualifications

• Dependable and trustworthy with a willingness to learn.
• Comfortable working independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Carry out daily cleaning and ad-hoc duties as part of the Site team.
• Clean all surfaces, fixtures, fittings, and sanitary areas as per cleaning schedule.
• Collect and dispose of waste appropriately.

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As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Cleaner to join our close-knit team at Higford School,part of Options Autism.

About the Role

The successful candidate will work as part of the Facilities Team whose role focuses on ensuring a safe, well maintained, and clean environment is sustained throughout the whole site. You must be dependable and trustworthy, comfortable working independently as well as being part of a larger team. Whilst prior cleaning experience is not essential it would be desirable.

Main Duties & Responsibilities: General

• Working as part of the Site team, carry out daily cleaning and ad-hoc duties
• Clean all surfaces, fixtures and fittings, floors, walls and internal woodwork in accordance with the cleaning schedule
• Clean toilets, changing rooms and other sanitary areas
• Undertake special cleaning programmes during school closure or other designated periods in compliance with the specification for the premises
• Collect and dispose of waste in appropriate manner
• Refill and replace consumables
• Maintain and arrange orderly and secure storage of supplies

About Us

Options Higford is a specialist school set in 28 acres of beautiful Shropshire countryside. We provide a high quality, holistic education for up to 60 autistic students who also have associated behavioural needs. Class groups have five students in with at least 1:1 staffing. We provide personalised curriculums for each student based on their individual needs and aim to support them to make progress academically, socially, with skills for life, regulating their emotions and accessing the community.

For over 16 years Options Autism have provided care and education to pupils 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.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

Why join Options Autism?

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
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils 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 safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.