We are seeking to appoint a Caretaker to join our friendly team at Ivy House!
The role is to provide routine cleaning and/or caretaking tasks to support the effective operation of the school.
Some of these duties will include:
• Responsible for opening and locking up the school premises as required, ensuring security protocols are followed at all times.
• Perform routine maintenance tasks around the school, such as minor repairs to fixtures, fittings, and equipment.
• Oversee the movement, handling, and setup of equipment and deliveries across various areas of the school.
• Carry out painting, decorating, and minor refurbishment work as necessary to maintain a welcoming and professional appearance throughout the school.
• Ensure all painting and decorating work adheres to safety standards and enhances the learning environment.
Ivy House School is a special school for pupils aged 2-19. We
offer a happy and supportive environment, where pupils are given the best
opportunities through an individualised curriculum and pathway.
At Ivy House School we
believe that it is imperative that everyone within our community is: “working together to
inspire, nurture and empower”
This vision captures the importance of the multidisciplinary
approach from all stakeholders including families, education, social care and
health professionals to ensure that we create an offer for our learners’ that
is aspirational (Inspire), offers holistic and personal development, removing
barriers to learning (Nurture) and enables students to be as independent as
possible so that they are well prepared for life after school, into adulthood
and ensuring that no dream is out of reach (Empower).
Our pupils like to come to school. They are justifiably proud of
what they achieve and enjoy celebrating not only their own successes but also
those of their friends and other peers from across the school.
We have a highly motivated, professional and well-trained team of
staff who work collaboratively with parents, carers and other professionals to
ensure that all aspects of our offer meet the needs of each of our pupils.
Shaw Education Trust are a thriving mix of diverse and growing schools including Primary, Secondary and Special Schools all working together to improve the lives of young people in our communities. We are sponsored by Shaw Trust a charity organisation that focuses on transforming lives. We’re a growing group of dynamically awesome academies providing education to children of all ages and abilities. Staff across our team of schools are dedicated to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to be successful, whatever their starting point in life.
Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:
- An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
- Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
- Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
- Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
- Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
- Free Eye Tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.
Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include all of the National Professional Qualifications – NPQH, NPQSL, NPQEYL, NPQLL, NPQLT, NPQLTD, NPQLBC are all delivered by the Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute. In addition, we provide access to the NPQEL for Executive Leaders.
- Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.
- Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
- Access to the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT.
- Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
- Participating in peer reviews.
- Access to a suite of online courses.
- Placement projects within our family of schools.
Actual Salary: £8,490-£8,623
Working hours: Term time only (Plus 5 days inset) 15 hours per week, (Times to be agreed on a rota basis between 7am-6pm)
Shortlisting: Tuesday 19th 2:00pm
Interview date: Monday 25th at 9:00am
Ivy House School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including an online checks and criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions.
All shortlisted candidates will undergo an online search as part of Trust safer recruitment.
We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date as we review applications on an on-going basis and interviews may be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, therefore, we encourage early applications.
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
In accordance with our safer recruitment policy CV’s alone will not be accepted.
We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date, therefore, we encourage early applications.
Successful candidates will be subject to a fully Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks.