Housekeeper
Queenswood School
Herefordshire
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- £12.00 per hour
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 29 November 2024
Job overview
Queenswood School are recruiting for a Housekeeper to join our support team! We are looking for passionate people to make sure our sites are safe and comfortable, whilst covering all aspects of housekeeping. You will will be responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness in the homes and will have a flexible approach and be able to respond quickly to requests for assistance. This position is Monday to Friday, 2pm-5pm, 15 hours per week, over 40 weeks of the year (39 school weeks the school is open and 1 x week at the end of August before coming back into school)
Queenswood School is set across two sites in a beautiful rural location in Herefordshire. We are an Independent Specialist day school specialising in the education and care of children and young people between the age of 11 to 19 years who are diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum or have SEMH.
Benefits:
- Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme
- Blue Light discount card
- Flexible working
- Comprehensive induction
- Commitment to your ongoing training and career progression
- Paid for enhanced PVG/DBS
- Wellbeing support
- Cycle to work scheme and more!
Your role will be to deliver an efficient and high-quality housekeeping service within the school, to assist the wellbeing, comfort and development of our students and young people.
Main duties:
- To deliver and maintain a clean and tidy environment throughout the school, in line with operational standards and ensure that work processes comply with statutory regulations.
- To ensure that standards are delivered in all areas of the school in a timely and efficient manner, as part of the wider team.
- To identify and report damage, faults and other related issues to the maintenance department or Head Teacher to ensure that we continue to meet quality standards and statutory regulations.
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.
About Queenswood School
- Queenswood School
- Callow Hills Farm, Hereford Road, Hope under Dinmore
- Ledbury
- HR8 2PZ
- United Kingdom
Queenswood comprises of the main school site, The HUB (located off site) and 6 nearby residential homes. Whilst we enjoy a rural location, we are still well connected, just two miles from Ledbury train station, on a main bus route from Ledbury to Hereford and with good links to the M50.
Queenswood School provides specialist education and care to girls and boys aged 11 to 19 with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs. We support young people with a range of needs, including:
- Complex and challenging behaviours
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
- Attachment Disorder (Att)
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD)
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
- Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN)
- Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)
- Specific Learning Difficulties such as (SpLD)
- Dyslexia (DysL)
- Dyspraxia (DysP)
- Dyscalculia (DysC)
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