Domestic Assistant

Domestic Assistant

Team: Education and Teaching

Location: Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria

Salary: £20,812 + excellent benefits

Contract Type: Permanent

Position Type: Part Time

Interview Date: Wednesday, 22 February 2023

Closing date: Tuesday, 14 February 2023, 23:59

Huge Small Victories

Being a cleaner in our school means being part of something big. You’ll be the one who keeps the school clean and tidy, so our young people can learn in the best possible environment.

Get out what you put in

You’ll be responsible for keeping all areas of the school building clean, meanwhile being aware of the COSHH and Health and Safety implications of the role. You’ll liaise with the Site Manager and assist with any additional duties as and when needed.

One of the best environments in SEND

Oversands School is an independent specialist day school providing high quality education, based in Grange-over-Sands. The school meets the needs of a diverse group of pupils with a range of complex learning needs, social and emotional di?culties and challenging behaviours.

“Here we know every pupil, their story, how we can help and importantly how they can succeed.” This statement is brought to life through a dedicated lower school designed with input from the pupils; an upper school that offers a broad and impressive range of subjects; and a vocational and post-16 provision that delivers extensive courses and opportunities led by experts in their field. 

What we do for you

We know you’re going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the education sector. With us, you’ll get to bring learning to life and make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

• Training: A full induction and on the job training
• Holiday: You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with 35 days holiday including bank holidays
• Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance – check out our benefits here
• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts
• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities – check out our schools here
• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £2,000 bonus every time

Bring your whole-self to work

Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs – and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. The kind of person we’re looking for will:

• Have general cleaning experience
• Be friendly, hard-working and dependable
• Be able to build positive relationships with pupils, staff and visitors

Interested in joining us?

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

For a full job description and person specification, please see the attached document.