Cleaner
Vale of Evesham School, Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 1BNThis job expired on 11 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
11 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
23 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £5,781.00 - £5,872.00 Annually (Actual) £12.26 - £12.45 per hour
Cleaner job summary
We are looking for a committed and flexible individual to join our hardworking and friendly site team for 2 hours per day, Monday to Friday, during term time. The contract also includes 30 hours holiday cleaning per year. Applicants will need energy and enthusiasm, and the ability to work unsupervised. Experience of cleaning would be useful but not essential, as training will be provided.
Vale of Evesham School is an all-age generic special school registered to take pupils from the age of 2 to 19 with a weekly, 15 place residential provision, Blossom House and recently graded Good by Ofsted.
Main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- To clean a specified area of the school to the required standard as directed
- Sweep, mop or vacuum floors
- To dust, polish or damp wipe surfaces and furniture as appropriate
- To clean toilets and showers
- To use cleaning material as appropriate and according to instructions e.g. use of chemicals and colour coded resources.
To empty bins and remove rubbish from the premises
- To wash floors, surfaces, fixtures and fittings and walls up to a specified height
- To report any damages to school property or other relevant matter
- To comply with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work regulations and take reasonable care for the health and safety of self and others.
We are looking for someone who is:
- Flexible, hard-working and resilient
Has high standards- Is able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils.
- Will uphold and promote the ethos and values of the school.
In return we can offer:
- Dedicated staff committed to achieving high standards
- Strong leadership and support
- Access to staff wellbeing support
To apply for this vacancy, please complete the vacancy through the My New Term platform, accessible via the school website www.valeofeveshamschool.org
Closing date: 12 Noon, Sunday 27th April 2025
Shortlisting: Monday 28th April 2025
Interviews: TBC
Please note that by submitting an application, you acknowledge that we reserve the right to view any publicly available information published online (including social media platforms) as part of our shortlisting process, in line with current KCSIE guidelines.
CLPT is required under law and guidance to check the criminal background of all employees. Decisions to appoint will be subject to consideration of an enhanced disclosure, including a Barred List check, from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Because of the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).
If shortlisted for an interview you will be required to disclose to us information about any:
adult cautions (simple or conditional);
conditional cautions;
convictions in a Court of Law; and
This information can be disclosed as part of your NewTerm declarations information. It is an offence for anyone to apply for a role if they are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
In accordance with the Childcare Act 2006 and the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulation 2009 the Governors are required to obtain an additional staff disqualification declaration for employees within settings providing care for early years childcare (this covers the age range from birth until 1st September following a child’s fifth birthday i.e. up to and including reception age) or later years childcare (this covers children above reception age but who have not attained the age of 8) in nursery, primary or secondary school educational settings, or if when directly concerned with the management of such childcare related establishments. This declaration is to confirm that you are not disqualified ‘by association’ to anyone currently residing within your household who is disqualified under the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulation 2009.
We are legally obliged to ask you to provide evidence of your right to live and work in the UK. If you are successful, we will ask you to provide appropriate documents, such as a passport, visa or full birth certificate and national insurance number to confirm this. (Further details are available from the UK Border Agency website).
CLPT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. CLPT expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post involves working with children and therefore will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.
If you are shortlisted for an interview, we shall request two references at this stage to comply with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The academy values diversity and inclusion welcome applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. Equality is promoted and the academy will guarantee an interview to disabled candidates if the essential job criteria is met fully.
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.
About Vale of Evesham School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 180 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Vale of Evesham School website
Vale of Evesham School is part of Central Learning Partnership Trust. We cater for approx. 185 pupils with a range of cognition and learning difficulties, aged from 4-19. The pupils are ably supported at all levels by just over 140 staff. Vale of Evesham School also incorporates a residential provision, known as ‘Blossom House’ that has 15 spaces for pupils who board with us, four nights a week, from Monday to Friday.
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