Caretaker

Vacancy for Caretaker

February 2024

Permanent, 37 Hours per week,

All year round

Grade 5 SCP 7-11 - £24,294 - £25,979

We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and one primary school with over 750 employees and over 5,500 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands. Crestwood School is situated in Kingswinford.

We are looking for a committed and enthusiastic Caretaker, which a flexible approach to work and a “can do” and friendly attitude to join our Site Team. The post is 37 hours per week, all year round to be worked normally within the core time of 6.00am – 4.00pm depending on the needs of the service. The working day operates on two shift patterns, alongside the Site Manager, Shift patterns are alternated weekly and can typically operate from 6am – 2pm or 8am – 4pm. Flexibility is required to cover for holidays and sickness absence. The Site Manager and Caretaker are both rota’d for emergency call-outs 7 days a week.

You will need to have a;

Good working knowledge of Health & Safety, including Asbestos and Legionella.

High Level all-round maintenance ability along with excellent problem solving, time-management and customer service skills.

Full clean driving licence – Category D1 preferred

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects its entire staff to share this commitment. All post holders will be required to have an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring certificate.

For further information regarding this position please contact Dan Meanock, Facilities and Operations Manager, Crestwood School, Tel:01384 686531 or email:dmeanock@invictus.education.

Closing date: 24th January 2024, 5pm

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Interviews due to take place: 5th February 2024

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023, as a part of our recruitment process we will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to identify any comment, image or other content that could cause reputational damage to the trust and/or give rise to a safeguarding concern. If we discover anything during our searches this will be passed onto the recruitment manager and discussed during interview.

We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and expect all Staff and Volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary Safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertake can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2023 – KCSIE 2023

This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.

Positions at the school are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to a post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). DBS Filtering guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance/dbs-filtering-guide

As a Trust we are committed to ensuring that throughout our recruitment and selection process, no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.