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Painter and Decorator

Painter and Decorator

Oliver House School

Lancashire

  • New
Salary:
Competitive
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Apply by:
31 January 2025

Job overview

There is no better time to start a career within our maintenance team than now!


Would you like secure employment where you can progress your career?


If you would like to build a career that gives you genuine sense of achievement and fulfilment knowing that you can have a positive impact on the young people we support, then look no further and apply today!


Oliver House School are recruiting for a Painter and Decorator to join their maintenance team. We are looking for a passionate and an enthusiastic DIYer, who will carry out reactive day-to-day painting and decorating requirements within the site and their grounds. You will also assist in supporting our other homes in the community, liaising with contractors when on site and ad-hoc requests from management as and when necessary.


Our benefits include exclusive access to reward and discount scheme, comprehensive induction, commitment to your ongoing training and career progression, pension scheme, paid for enhanced DBS, wellbeing support, cycle to work scheme and more!


Oliver House School is an independent specialist school for boys and girls aged 6 to 19 who have mild, moderate and severe autism and associated complex learning needs, behaviours that may challenge and/or associated anxiety.


As part of Aspris Children’s Services, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. We ask that you can demonstrate the values needed for a role, transferable skills and life experience and in return we will give you all the training and support you need to progress. 


Ideally, you will have experience of general labouring skills and handyperson work, along with the following characteristics:


Communication – During your role your working environment may involve interacting with our young people we support that may display varying degrees of emotional behavioural difficulties, autism, ADHD and associated difficulties


Organisation – As well as supervising the staff team, you’ll need to be confident and organised in record keeping, ensuring issues are logged on the internal computer systems and keeping up to date with routine maintenance checks.


Attentive – No two jobs will be the same so being attentive to understand them and identify areas where we can support is important.


Above all, we provide a supportive and collaborative working environment where you can flourish in your career and feel incredibly rewarded by helping those who need it most.


If you want to progress your career, Aspris Children’s Services will help you get there.

Aspris is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service/Disclosure Scotland and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.

About Oliver House School

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+44 1257 220011

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Oliver House School is a specialist day and residential school for boys and girls aged 6 to 19 who have mild, moderate and severe autistic spectrum conditions and associated learning difficulties. Children may also have challenging behaviour as a result of their difficulties and their lack of social understanding.

Oliver House School delivers the highest level of education and care according to individual need in a safe, positive and structured environment in which every pupil is encouraged to achieve the best possible academic, social and vocational outcomes.

Many of the pupils at Oliver House School may have been out of education for considerable periods of time which is why we make it our aim to encourage our pupils to be happy to attend school on a daily basis, with the help and support of our dedicated team of staff.

Placements can either be on a day, residential or respite basis for up to 52 weeks of the year depending on individual need. All of the young people referred to the school will have a Statement of Special Educational Need. Oliver House School can provide places for up to 40 pupils.

We offer

  • Day placements for primary and secondary pupils
  • 16 to 19 curriculum
  • 38 week and 52 week residential and school provision
  • Respite
  • Post 18 provision

We provide:

  • Short, medium and long-term education and care
  • Outstanding care provision
  • Close working relationships with parents, including training courses and ongoing support
  • A strong ethos of positive behaviour management
  • A belief that all young people can achieve positive outcomes

Our aim is to bring about the best in every young person to enable them to achieve positive experiences and progress according to their own individual abilities.

The desired outcome is for young people to achieve success in accredited qualifications and to gain increased levels of independence to enable them to maximise their strengths, abilities and ambitions. Individual plans and programmes are tailored to individual needs to ensure that every young person is challenged at a speed that is appropriate for them.

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