Maintenance Assistant

Aspris; Frome; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated maintenance team at a forward-thinking organization focused on supporting children and young people. As a Maintenance Assistant, you will engage in day-to-day maintenance tasks, ensuring the facilities are well-maintained and safe. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a nurturing environment while developing your skills. With a commitment to ongoing training and career progression, you will have the chance to grow in your role and make a real difference in the community. If you are passionate about hands-on work and want to enhance your career, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme

Comprehensive induction

Blue Light Card

Commitment to ongoing training

Teacher pension scheme

Paid for enhanced PVG/DBS

Wellbeing support

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in plumbing, electrical work, carpentry, and plastering is ideal.
• Transferable skills and life experience are valued.

Responsibilities

• Carry out reactive maintenance issues within the site and grounds.
• Assist in supporting other homes in the community and liaise with contractors.

Skills

Plumbing

Electrical work

Carpentry

Plastering

DIY skills

Job description

North Hill House School are recruiting for a Maintenance Assistant to join their maintenance team. We are looking for a passionate handyperson and an enthusiastic DIYer, who will carry out reactive day-to-day maintenance issues within the site and their grounds. You will also assist in supporting our other homes in the community, liaising with contractors when on site and ad-hoc requests from management as and when necessary.

Our benefits include:

• Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme
• Comprehensive induction
• Blue Light Card
• Commitment to your ongoing training and career progression
• Teacher pension scheme
• Paid for enhanced PVG/DBS
• Wellbeing support
• Cycle to work scheme and more!

Set in its own grounds close to Frome town centre, North Hill House is an independent specialist day school for children and young people aged 6 to 19 years with high functioning autistic spectrum disorders.

As part of Aspris Children’s Services, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. We ask that you can demonstrate the values needed for a role, transferable skills and life experience and in return we will give you all the training and support you need to progress.

Ideally, you will have experience in some of the following areas: plumbing, electrical, carpentry, plastering (qualifications are not essential).

If you want to progress your career, Aspris Children’s Services will help you get there.

Aspris is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service/Disclosure Scotland and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults.