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Overview and Responsibilities
Housekeeping Assistant
Location: Meldreth, Nr. Royston, Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border
Salary: £25,729.60 - £26,187.20
Contract: Permanent, Full Time, 40 hours per week
Aurora Meldreth Manor/Orchard Manor
Situated in the village of Meldreth, just ten miles south of Cambridge, on the Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border, Meldreth Manor and Orchard Manor provide education, care and therapeutic support for children and young people who have severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties resulting in complex learning needs.
Set within 14 acres, our site provides extensive space for learning, developing and living in an environment where we have a range of incredible facilities that include:
1. Music and Art Rooms
2. Rebound Therapy
3. Hydrotherapy
4. Hard and soft outdoor space
5. Forestry School
6. Adapted Kitchens
7. Enterprise Schemes
8. Sensory Rooms
We are currently seeking an individual to join our housekeeping team across our services in Meldreth.
Main duties include:
9. Dusting and polishing
10. Maintaining clean and sanitary kitchen areas
11. Vacuuming and washing floors
12. Tidying up rooms
13. Monitoring cleaning supplies and ordering more as and when needed
14. Reporting any necessary repairs
15. Keeping bathrooms stocked and clean
16. Emptying bins and disposing of waste
Please note that duties will vary and you must expect to lend a hand wherever is required.
Skills and Qualifications
Skills & Qualifications
17. Experience of using equipment and materials in situations where care is needed to prevent harm to others
18. Understanding of key aspects of Health and Safety legislation for cleaning
19. Experience of cleaning a variety of surfaces.
20. High standards, attention to detail, reliability and a positive work ethic.
21. Experience and/or knowledge of disability and disability issues would be an advantage
22. Positive and proactive demeanour
Benefits and Additional Information
How to Apply:
You can apply online by completing our online application form.
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.
Safeguarding Statement
Meldreth Manor School - A Scope School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.