Ancillary Worker

At OFG, we work smarter so you can spend more time doing what makes you happy!

How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?

Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance. We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).

If the trial is a success, we’ll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group – so there’s never been a more exciting time to join #teamOFG!

Job Title:         Ancillary Worker

Salary:            £18,964.40 per annum     

Location:       Hillingdon Manor School, Hillingdon, Uxbridge

Hours:              Monday – Friday 11am - 6pm

Contract:         Permanent

We are looking for an Ancillary Worker to join our fantastic team. 

The Hillingdon Manor Ancillary worker is to support and help facilitate a calm and resourced learning environment for students at Hillingdon Manor. The majority of your role during the school day would be providing domestic housekeeping duties around the school and highlighting hazards to the maintenance team for repair but you would also support through unstructured times, break and lunch, you will become a trained kitchen assistant to ensure that support can be given for provision in the garden café and will be trained to deliver first aid as well as being an active school fire marshal.

Person Specification:

To be able to undertake the duties in the job description, applicants should possess the following knowledge and skills:

• A reasonable level of fitness
• Punctual, reliable and trustworthy
• Able to manage time effectively
• Ability to work both alone and in a team
• Awareness of health and safety procedures
• Reading skills for following instructions
• Maths skills for measuring cleaning fluids
• enjoyment of working with children and the ability to control and supervise them
• patience
• the ability to stay calm
• good communication skills
• the ability to work as part of a team
• previous experience of first aid training (although training will be given)

About us

At Hillingdon Manor, we provide specialist education for 185 pupils, aged between 3.5 and 19. Located across two sites. Our Secondary School supports around 125 students. Our students are taught in smaller class sizes and all students work towards a variety of qualifications dependent on their needs and ability.

For over 16 years Options Autism have provided care and education to children, young people and adults with autism, complex needs and learning difficulties. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

Why join Options Autism?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully enhanced DBS.

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy.