Cleaner
Parkside Academy, Crook, County Durham, DL15 0QFThis job expired on 24 March 2025 – see similar jobs
Closing date
24 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
14 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 24 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 1 SCP 3. £15,585.08
What skills and experience we're looking for
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the cleaning team at Parkside Academy. We are looking to appoint positive, motivated members of staff to join our busy team and support us in maintaining a clean, safe and healthy learning environment for our students.
The person:
- Lock /unlock school buildings and areas when required as a designated keyholder, ensuring the site is accessible when needed and secured correctly, following appropriate procedures, when not in use.
- Assist in providing a clean, safe environment.
- Ensure all waste bins are emptied and refuse is removed and taken to the designated disposal point to ensure the site is clean and tidy and meets with health and safety requirements.
- Clean all furniture and fittings including ledges, pipe work and radiators ensuring high standards of cleanliness and hygiene are met and maintained.
- Clean all sanitary fixtures and fittings including the lavatories, washroom facilities and showers etc., ensuring all areas are maintained to the required standards of health and safety, reporting any damaged or broken facilities, or other maintenance issues to the appropriate member of staff.
- Carry out vacuuming in all carpeted areas ensuring correct use, carrying and storage of equipment.
- Clean all other floor areas appropriately i.e. sweeping, mopping, polishing etc.
- Ensure wet floor Health & Safety hazard signs are used when required to ensure wellbeing of staff/students is maintained.
- Use floor scrubbing machines when required, following correct operating procedures to ensure personal and others safety and wellbeing.
- Assist in the whole school clean during school closure as per the school cleaning programme.
- Check windows and doors are free from damage and closed after cleaning has been carried out to ensure the facilities are locked and secured appropriately.
- Provide cover on other sections / areas of the school when necessary.
What the school offers its staff
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Parkside Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 918 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Parkside Academy website
- Email address
- j.clay@parkside.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01388746396
Arranging a visit to Parkside Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email j.clay@parkside.org.uk.
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