School Caretaker

Millstead School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L5 3LU

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  To be confirmed

• Closing date

  9 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  2 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Full-time position: 35 hours per week. Hours of work: Split Shift – 7.30am-10.30am and 2pm to 6pm Hours of work will be regularly reviewed to ensure the needs of the school are met.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26409 - £30060 per annum
• Pay scale: NJCJE Grade 4 - SCP - 9-17

What skills and experience we're looking for

An exciting opportunity to join our team with our OUTSTANDING school (OFSTED January 2024).

Millstead is a primary special school with a community of fantastic children who have a wide range of interests, abilities and additional needs (including severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, sensory impairments and autism). We relocated to our purpose-built school building in September 2014. The facilities include a hydrotherapy pool, rebound therapy room, immersive suite, sensory integration room and 2 playgrounds.

We are looking to appoint a full-time caretaker to join our premises management team to provide caretaking, security, maintenance and supporting with repair works across the school site. This role will support and complement the work of the Senior Leadership Team to ensure that day-to-day operations run smoothly.

The candidate should be an enthusiastic, conscientious and self-motivated person who would like to provide a key role in maintaining our school site, to ensure a welcoming and safe environment for the whole school community. This is a ‘hands on’ and physical role. The successful candidate will have a broad range of demonstrable repairs, maintenance and caretaking skills, in addition to good computer literacy. The candidate should be able to work independently and be self-motivated but also be able to work as part of a team, have good communication skills and have a commitment to high standards.

What the school offers its staff

The successful candidate will work with a talented and friendly staff team who are both forward thinking and innovative, and who have high expectations of themselves to ensure the day to day operations run smoothly.

Further details about the role

Job Description: Caretaker

Hours of work will be regularly reviewed to ensure the needs of the school are met.

Caretaker will be expected to cover holidays/sickness

Purpose of the job: To undertake a range of caretaking duties including security and supervision of the site and related equipment, and other duties including porterage, cleaning and maintenance.

Supervision/training of cleaning staff where required.

Care for identified garden areas, making them useable for the children and appropriate for curriculum use.

Directly responsible to: Head teacher

Functionally responsible to: Deputy Headteacher

Responsible for: NA

Principal Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

Act as a key holder, carrying out security procedures for the buildings and grounds and the routine and non-routine opening of premises and grounds. Take responsibility for the premises and its contents in the absence of the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher or any other designated responsible person.

Deal with enquiries from external contractors on site.

Undertake additional cleaning to support the Cleaners.

Within the scope of personal knowledge and training, maintain and repair tools, apparatus and equipment. Where this is not practical, refer arrangement for repair and servicing work to be carried out by a contractor.

Undertake any required tasks in identified garden areas in order for them to be suitable for curriculum delivery and enrichment.

Take delivery of stocks and materials for the school.

Carry out porterage within school, move furniture and equipment, as required, assist in setting up for assemblies events etc.

Ensure that adequate supplies of cleaning materials and other supplies are available.

Operate the heating and pool plants when requested by the Head/Senior Leadership Team.

Ensure that all caretaking and cleaning equipment is in a safe and working condition and arranging for repair as appropriate.

Carry out routine procedures or checks on ancillary equipment.

Carry out school based emergency procedures e.g. in the event of fire.

Assist with the supervision and training of cleaning staff in the absence of/as requested by the Head/Senior Leadership Team.

Contribute to the drawing up and execution of schedules and maintenance plans as necessary.

Prepare the school premises and site for out of school hours activities.

Report any damage and assist in organising any necessary repairs.

Ensure that access and main areas are safe.

Attend relevant staff meetings, participate in performance management arrangements and undertake training and development activities.

Promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young and vulnerable people that you come into contact with.

This job description is not meant to be definitive nor restrictive, but act as a broad guide and outline to the postholder. It will be reviewed and changed from time to time according to the changing needs of the school

Commitment to safeguarding

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment to keeping children safe. Any offer of employment will be subject to statutory pre-employment checks including satisfactory references and Enhanced DBS and Barred List checks. This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (as amended in 2013 & 2020) and shortlisted candidates will be required to disclose any relevant criminal history prior to interview.
Important - Please refer to the Job Advert.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to vacancies@millsteadschool.co.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Caretaker JD person spec 2025.pdf - 81.9 KB (opens in new tab)

Form Equal Opportunities.docx - 309 KB (opens in new tab)

Full Time Caretaker - April 2025.pdf - 76.9 KB (opens in new tab)

About Millstead School

• School type: Special school, ages 2 to 11
• School size: 183 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Millstead School website
• Email address: vacancies@millsteadschool.co.uk
• Phone number: 01512074656
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/millstead-school

Millstead is a primary special school with a community of fantastic children who have a wide range of interests, abilities and additional needs (including severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, sensory impairments and autism).

Arranging a visit to Millstead School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@millsteadschool.co.uk.

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