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  • Start date details

    September 2024

  • Closing date

    15 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    2 May 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Catering, cleaning and site management

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: Hours: 2 hours a day (10 hours a week) 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm.

Contract type

Permanent

Actual salary

Salary: Grade 1 - Sp. Pt. 2-3 pro rata salary £7,467.43 - £7,577.14 Basic hourly rate of £12.97 - £13.18

What skills and experience we're looking for

Main Purpose of the Job:

  • To clean designated areas of the school to the highest possible standards.
  • To be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of students within the school.

Duties and Responsibilities:

To undertake the cleaning of designated areas of the school and in the designated time.

To use cleaning materials as instructed by the appropriate person in charge. To inform the appropriate person of any cleaning material requirements or problems with equipment.

To operate cleaning machinery in cleaning soft and hard surfaces e.g. vacuum cleaners, polishers/buffers, carpet cleaning and upholstery cleaning.

To ensure that all cleaning materials are stored appropriately and risk assessments are understood.

Duties will include:

  • Spot cleaning of spillages
  • Wiping, polishing and dusting of designated areas
  • Emptying and cleaning bins. Removal/Disposal of sealed clinical waste bags. Ensuring cardboard, paper and plastic are recycled in appropriate bins provided on site.
  • Cleaning toilets/wet change areas/hydropool/sensory integration room/calm room/sensory theatre, including sanitary fittings and surrounds
  • Mopping and spray cleaning hard floor surfaces
  • Straightening furniture and general tidying up of designated areas
  • Replenishing supplies i.e. soap/paper towels/toilet tissue in toilets/wet change areas
  • Ensuring that the outside bin area is closed each night and bin lids are closed
  • Checking and closing windows and doors, switching off lights after work
  • Switching off and cleaning Clevertouch screens or report to Caretaker to switch off
  • Report all defects/hazards to line manager

During periods when the school is closed, cleaning duties may vary throughout the school e.g. summer cleaning programme.*

To work as part of a team and ensure all relevant tasks are completed in the allotted time.

To undertake broadly similar duties commensurate with the level of the post as required by the appointed person and if time allows e.g. sweeping covered walkways

To adhere to all the agreed school policies.

To actively participate in any appropriate training.

To adhere to all aspects of the school’s health and safety policy.

To uphold and promote all aspects of the school ethos policy.

To carry out job responsibilities with due regard to the Council’s Equal Opportunity Policy.

*School premises are sometimes closed for 2 weeks during each summer holiday. Cleaners are therefore expected to work their hours during the weeks prior to the closure to make up the time. Holiday working is in liaison with your line manager and to meet the needs of the school.


What the school offers its staff

St Ann’s School is the London Borough of Ealing’s only Special Secondary High School for young people aged 11-19 years with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties and complex Severe Learning Difficulties. There are currently 115 students on roll.

In March 2023 St. Ann’s was judged by Ofsted to be Outstanding in terms of Overall Effectiveness and Outstanding in each of the five categories.

St Ann’s is proud to be a UNICEF Rights Respecting School and the whole school community actively promotes the rights of all young people as outlined in the United Nations Charter on the Rights of the Child.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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About St Ann's School

School type
Special school, ages 11 to 19
School size
109 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19

St Ann’s School is an outstanding secondary special school in Ealing with students with the most complex disabilities including profound and multiple learning and physical disabilities, severe learning difficulties and complex autism. The school works with a wide variety of young people. One of the cohorts are students with behaviours that challenge, working to develop their regulation skills to be able to participate in their communities. Another cohort are students with complex physical and learning disabilities and our focus is to enable them to be as independent, as possible. Our school is a forward-thinking, vibrant, caring, inclusive and diverse school. Our aim is to provide our students with a happy, joyful, creative environment where they can thrive and achieve their full potential.

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