Domestic Assistant

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**Job Title: Domestic Assistant**

**Location: Glebedale School, Stoke-on-Trent**

**Salary: £6.900 per annum**

**Hours: 15 hours per week; Monday - Friday 3:15pm - 6:15pm**

**Contract: Permanent; Term Time Only**

As part of our continued growth, we have a fantastic opportunity for a Domestic Assistant to join our outstanding team at Glebedale School, Stoke-on-Trent.

**About us**

Glebedale School is a co-educational day School, which helps educate and support Children aged between 5-19 who have Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) challenges and additional complex behaviours. Glebedale School is linked with 14 residential homes and is in Stoke-On-Trent. This site is OFSTED rated 'Good'.

Acorn Education & Care 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.

**MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- To carry out all cleaning to the required standard of cleanliness as specified by the school, therefore meeting high standards of hygiene.
- To ensure that any tools or light equipment and machinery supplied for use are kept in good condition and stored securely in the designated areas.
- To keep storage areas clean and tidy and make sure all materials and equipment are stored in a safe manner.
- To ensure the correct use of materials and equipment in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions and recommendations.
- To use, where appropriate, powered equipment in undertaking cleaning duties.
- To carry out all work in line with Health and Safety regulations and risk assessments.
- To notify the Administrator/Headteacher of any mechanical failure of equipment or equipment unsafe for use. To inform the Site Manager of additional supplies or cleaning materials required.
- To report any graffiti or hazards to the Site Manager.
- To place all rubbish from bins in sacks and take to the designated area.
- To undertake all cleaning duties including washing, sweeping, vacuuming, emptying of litter bins, dusting and polishing of the designated areas including toilets, showers, fixtures and fittings and inner glass.
- To cover for absent colleagues and undertake any other reasonable cleaning or allied task as requested.
- To read, understand and adhere to the school’s rules and policies relating to equal opportunities, health and safety, child protection and dealing with pupils, staff and parents.

**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.