Cleaner / Housekeeper
Severndale Specialist Academy, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5SH8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
11 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
2 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 6 hours per day (9:00am – 3:00pm) Term Time plus 5 PD days and 2 Deep Clean weeks
Contract type
- Permanent
Hourly rate
- £12.26
What skills and experience we're looking for
The purpose of this post is to provide a high-quality cleaning service across the campus.
Personal Skills required:
- Organised with good time-management skills.
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Positive and enthusiastic when faced with challenges
Duties and Responsibilities will include:
- To clean targeted areas within the school to an extremely high standard
- Mopping, sweeping, emptying of bins, polishing, window cleaning and toilet area cleaning.
- To carry out ‘Spring’ cleans per year during holiday periods.
- You will be required to use machinery for which you will receive relevant training.
- You will be expected to attend relevant courses.
The above job description does not define in detail all of the duties and responsibilities of the post in question. It may be necessary to re-evaluate areas of responsibility. After due consideration and discussion areas may be amended in consultation with the Executive Principal.
Role requirements:
The successful candidate will be self-motivated, caring individual to join our Site Services Team. You will maintain areas within the school to a very high standard of cleanliness and hygiene.
Reporting to:
Site Services Team, Operations Manager, Strategic Business Manager and ultimately the Executive Principal
What the school offers its staff
What is included:
- Permanent contract
- Salary Scale 1, Spinal Point 2 (£12.26 per hour)
- 6 hours per day (9:00am – 3:00pm)
- Term Time plus 5 PD days and 2 Deep Clean weeks
- Access to the School Advisory Service & Bike to work scheme.
- Continuing Professional Development
- Local Authority Pension Scheme
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.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@severndaleacademy.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Severndale Specialist Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 414 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Severndale Specialist Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@severndaleacademy.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01743 563333
Severndale Specialist Academy:
Severndale Specialist Academy is a multi-site special school incorporating our Monkmoor campus, provision within a local mainstream secondary school and a purpose built 16-25 year old provision at our local college. We work with young people with special educational needs from within Shropshire and beyond. Our children and young people can access Severndale Specialist Academy from nursery age through to 25 and have a range of learning, physical and mobility difficulties and some students require personal care. Supporting communication and enabling independence is a key focus of our work .
Severndale is a truly unique special school and is one of the largest special schools in the country. We are proud to be able to meet the needs of over 430 young people across all abilities of the SEND spectrum and across three different sites. Severndale is also proud to be part of The Learning Community Trust, a truly inclusive multi academy trust based in Telford.
Arranging a visit to Severndale Specialist Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@severndaleacademy.co.uk.
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