Facilities Support Assistant

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​Job Title:     Facilities Support Assistant

Location:     Westbourne School, Sutton-in-Ashfield

Salary:       £19,987.50 per annum

Hours:       37.5 hours per week; Monday-Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

Contract:     Permanent; Full-Time

We are looking for an experienced Facilities Support Assistant to join our fantastic team at Westbourne School, Sutton-in-Ashfield.

You will have a keen eye for detail for day-to-day DIY repairs, checking equipment, carrying out our security and safety procedures and contributing to school development projects. This role will require you to be adaptable and flexible as the jobs dictate your day.

We are looking for a candidate who wants to get involved, have their ideas heard and aren’t afraid of getting dirty.  

Key Skills:

• Experience of General Maintenance/DIY
• Flexible and able to prioritise
• Commitment to completing day to day tasks effectively and timely

About us

Westbourne School is a truly unique provision which blends academic, vocational learning alongside the holistic development for everyone, focusing on their personal, social and emotional development and wellbeing. 

Our school is across 2 sites and caters for c.85 students. It has never been a more exciting time to join us as we are continuing to grow and have lots of opportunities to join us.  As aschool we provide a trauma informed approach to behaviour. We place as much importance on the social and emotional development as well as academic progress of each pupil and our curriculum matches this ethos. 

We believe that the curriculum is more than just timetabled lessons and we believe that the moment the pupils arrive, the curriculum begins. Each individual moment is viewed as an opportunity to learn and through the use of structures and routines, we will facilitate both academic achievement and personal growth through the use of individualised targets and thoroughly planned experiences. 

Westbourne School is part of Acorn Education & Care, the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education and residential care for vulnerable children and young people. 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 Acorn Education & Care? 

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, which must be registered on the update service.