Housekeeper/Cleaner

School Cleaner – Aurora Brooklands School

Location: Midge Hall, near Leyland, Lancashire   

Salary: £ £13.22 /hr

Hours: Monday-Friday 13:00-17:00

Contract Type: Permanent, Part-Time (20 hours per week), Term time only (+3 weeks additional during school holidays)

Start Date: ASAP

The Aurora Group

The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities.  Our pupils are with us because for each of them, the nature of the mainstream provision that they have experienced, has not met their needs. They will have had a very fractured and or traumatic educational journey.  We work with them and support them to build back their confidence and self-esteem, thereby re-engaging them in learning socially and academically. We focus on their strengths, helping them realise the opportunities that are there for them in their future.

Key Duties:

• Cleaning all surfaces, walls, internal woodwork, fixtures and fittings as appropriate
• Dusting and polishing
• Maintaining clean and sanitised kitchenette areas, within the classrooms.
• Vacuuming and washing floors
• Keeping shower room, all toilets, stocked and clean
• Ensuring that cleaning supplies are used safely and effectively, reporting shortages or the need for additional supplies, to the admin team.
• Tidying up rooms/classrooms/communal areas
• Emptying, cleaning and maintaining bins and disposing of waste 
• Undertaking basic record keeping as directed
• Please note that duties will vary, and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of the school when required. Please see the link below for our full job description:

Job Description

Knowledge, skills and experience:

• Ability to work well in a team and on own initiative
• Demonstrable attention to detail and pride in work
• Ability to recognise the need for confidentiality
• Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills
• Ability to be flexible
• Understanding of principles of Health and Safety
• COSHH – safe use of chemicals
• Electrical safety
• First Aid Certificate – desirable but not essential

Requirements:

• Good level of fitness
• The role will require some manual handling tasks – lifting, carrying
• Ability to work with appropriate cleaning products
• Ability to safely use a range of cleaning equipment
• Understanding of health and safety legislation and/or have a willingness to learn
• Ongoing training will be provided to support this role

What's on offer?

• Training and Development

Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support.  We offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career. 

• Save money on your bills

With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further.  Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are.  You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more.  You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme. 

• Competitive Pay and Reward

Every year we compare the market rates of pay and rewards to ensure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations.  We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Pension and Life Assurance.

• UK Health Cash Plan

This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills.  You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.

• Employee Assistance Programme

Your health and wellbeing is very important to us and we have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7. 

• Refer a friend for £1,000

We'll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply)

How to Apply: 

You can apply online by completing our online application form.  For more information on this position please contact

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.