Location: Bromborough
Salary: £12.00 per hour
Hours Per Week: 28 hours per week
Employment Type: Permanent
Are you looking for a rewarding career making a real difference in people’s lives?
Autism Together is one of the country’s leading providers of services and support to autistic people and their families. It is an exciting time to be joining the charity within one of our Residential Services in the Wirral.
Main Purpose of the Post
To clean all areas within specified buildings, and their environs, in a safe, efficient manner meeting specified standards of cleanliness.
Responsible to: The Deputy Team Manager or the Registered Manager, in their absence the Head of Residential Services and ultimately the Chief Executive
Relationships: To establish and maintain good working relationships with all staff and the people we support.
Physical Conditions: Work is performed in standing and sitting positions. The work is predominately undertaken indoors. Lifting and carrying is also involved.
MAIN TASKS:
- The cleaning of all floors, walls, furniture, fittings, appliances etc. to the methods and frequencies as specified, by the Registered Manager.
- The carrying out of all non-cleaning tasks and resident related duties to the method and frequencies specified by the Registered Manager.
- To report any faults or defects within the fabric of the building, to the Registered Manager or in their absence the Deputy Team Manager in a timely manner.
- To work under the Health and Safety Guidelines and C.O.S.H.H., (The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health.) and to store all toxic substances in a safe and appropriate manner.
- To ensure that the domestic equipment is in good order, and to look after same, and report any repair or faults to the Registered Manager.
- To prepare a monthly list of cleaning materials, and submit these to the Registered Manager.
- To maintain a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene within the designated work area and its environs and to observe safe working methods, at all times.
- To ensure the building is secure at the end of the assigned working period.
- Where appropriate, to undertake training, conducive to personal role development.
- To ensure that the clients personal possessions are treated with respect.
OTHER:
To undertake, in exceptional circumstances, any additional duties, which may from time to time be required by the Chief Executive and in his/her absence, the Director of Operations.
A high degree of confidentiality is always expected. At no time will the post holder discuss the individual people we support, their families or other confidential matters connected with Autism Together and its staff, outside of the organisation. Notwithstanding, under our confidential reporting policy you will be required to raise any concerns, particularly those concerns which may be deemed a matter of safeguarding the people we support.
This is intended as a guide to the main responsibilities of the post, and is not an exhaustive list of duties. This job description is subject to amendment, following consultation with the post holder
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Join Autism Together and expect:
- Excellent rates of pay
- Free DBS check
- Fully paid induction training from our award-winning Training & Development Team
- Buy back additional annual leave
- Eligibility for Blue Light Card (discount card)
- Pension Scheme
- Employee Assistant Programme (EAP) and occupational health
- Early overtime pay scheme
- Annual staff awards celebrating staff achievements
- Generous refer a friend scheme
- Ongoing professional career progression
- Opportunities to obtain a professionally recognised qualification and complete an apprenticeship relevant to the role
- Attendance incentive draws
- Access to join Medicash (private health care scheme)
- Employee of the month
- Staff suggestion scheme
- Regular communication from management
Apply now or give our friendly Recruitment Team a call on 0151 482 3121. They will be more than happy to answer any queries you may have about this exciting role.
Please note all offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks, including a DBS check.
- Due to a high volume of applications, we may need to close this vacancy earlier than expected. We encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible to be considered.