Housekeeper

Tor View School are recruiting for a Housekeeper to join our support team We are looking for passionate people to make sure our sites are safe and comfortable, whilst covering all aspects of housekeeping. You will will be responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness in the homes and will have a flexible approach and be able to respond quickly to requests for assistance.

Tor View School is a small special school with an Ofsted rating of GOOD. Our school is set in a beautiful rural location in West Devon. We are a day school specialising in the education and care of up to 30 pupils between the age of 7 and 18 years who are diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum with associated learning difficulties. Social skills, communication needs and anxiety determine that they are in group sizes no greater than 4 pupils. We provide a personalised curriculum that previous schools have been unable to.

**Benefits**:

- **Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme**:

- ** Blue Light discount card**:

- ** Flexible working**:

- ** Comprehensive induction**:

- ** Commitment to your ongoing training and career progression**:

- ** Paid for enhanced PVG/DBS**:

- ** Wellbeing support**:

- ** Cycle to work scheme and more**

Your role will be to deliver an efficient and high-quality housekeeping service within the school, to assist the wellbeing, comfort and development of our students and young people.

**Main duties**:

- To deliver and maintain a clean and tidy environment throughout the school, in line with operational standards and ensure that work processes comply with statutory regulations.
- To ensure that standards are delivered in all areas of the school in a timely and efficient manner, as part of the wider team.
- To identify and report damage, faults and other related issues to the maintenance department or Head Teacher to ensure that we continue to meet quality standards and statutory regulations.

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.

**Communication** During your role your working environment may involve interacting with our young people we support that may display varying degrees of emotional behavioural difficulties, autism, ADHD and associated difficulties.

**Organisation **As well as supervising the staff team, you’ll need to be confident and organised in record keeping, ensuring issues are logged on the internal computer systems and keeping up to date with routine maintenance checks.

**Attentive** No two jobs will be the same so being attentive to understand them and identify areas where we can support is important.

Above all, we provide a supportive and collaborative working environment where you can flourish in your career and feel incredibly rewarded by helping those who need it most.

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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. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.