Mulberry Lodge is a Residential short breaks home for children with learning disabilities and complex needs aged between 7 to 18 years old. Your rota would be working 4 days over a 7 day period. 30pm on a flexible rota. Duties will include cleaning communal areas, bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchenette, sensory room, ball pool, undertaking laundry duties and supporting in the kitchen. Some bank holiday working is required.
Knowledge of health and safety issues and the safe storage and use of chemicals is desirable. Duties may also include covering at busy times in the main kitchen to help wash up and clean. The ability to formulate and follow cleaning schedule is essential along with the ability to managing own time and prioritising tasks.
Although there is no direct work with children, we are looking for someone who enjoys working and interacting with children and young people and who is happy to be part of a wider staff team.
We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.
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