Maintenance Technician
Aurora Eccles School
Norfolk
- £23,712 - £25,647 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- depending on skills and experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 13 June 2023
Job overview
Maintenance Technician
Location: Quidenham, Norfolk
Salary: £23,712 - £25,647 per year depending on experience and qualifications
Hours: 40 Hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent full year role
Aurora White House School and Aurora Eccles School
Part of the Aurora Group, Aurora White House School and Aurora Eccles School in Quidenham, Norwich are looking for a Full time Maintenance Technician to join our team. The schools provide day placements for students aged 6 to 16 years primarily with communication and interaction difficulties or specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia. Some may be on the autistic spectrum or have anxieties and difficulties that create barriers to learning.
To take a virtual look around the schools please click here: Eccles Virtual Tour
Main Purpose of the Role:
To assist in maintaining the site by ensuring that all the buildings and grounds are kept in good order as directed by the Site Manager, School Business Manager or any other member of the School’s Leadership team. To carry out various tasks for which you have been trained without direct supervision.
The support services teams are an essential pillar in enabling the children and young adults to achieve their full potential.
Key Duties:
- To assist in routine Maintenance work and new works in line with service needs and as required by your line manager.
- To complete repairs on damage caused to internal and external fittings/finishes.
- To undertake renovation works, including minor grounds works, redecoration, upgrades of internal fittings.
- To assist in all aspects of building and grounds Maintenance, including trimming hedges, mowing lawns, as well as clearing gutters and drains.
- To assist in keeping all external areas tidy and free of litter in conjunction with the domestic team.
- To assist in securing the buildings and site as required by your line manager.
- To assist in maintaining equipment and ensure that any defects are reported to your line manager.
- To undertake or assist with compliance testing as part of a preventative maintenance programme.
- To work in a manner that promotes your health and safety and that of others.
- To assist in the provision of a safe and stimulating environment for Service Users.
- To communicate in a professional manner with Service Users, staff and visitors.
- To participate in staff training programmes.
- To assist in setting up public events such as the school fete.
- To occasionally work unsociable hours in line with the business of the service.
- To perform such additional activities commensurate with their post as may be requested by your line manager or a Senior Manager.
Please note that duties will vary and you must expect to lend a hand wherever is required.
For a full job description with duties, please contact liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com
Knowledge, skills and experience:
Essential Skills:
- Ability to work well in a team and on own initiative.
- Demonstrable attention to detail and pride in work.
- Organised and able to prioritise own workload.
- Ability to recognise the need for confidentiality.
- Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills.
- Ability to be flexible.
- Ability to work with appropriate chemicals.
- Ability to safely use a range of maintenance equipment.
- Understanding of health and safety legislation and/or have a willingness to learn.
Desired Skills
- Professional trade qualification or experience
- Experience/Competence in plumbing, electrical works, plastering or carpentry.
Knowledge:
- Understanding of safe working principles and Health and Safety legislation
- COSHH – safe use of chemicals
- Electrical safety knowledge
- First Aid Certificate – desirable but not essential
Requirements:
- The site and buildings will be used over 52 weeks of the year and you must be flexible with your operating hours, to allow for manual works to be done at a time when students are out of harm’s way.
- The role may from time to time require working at height and enhanced temperatures and noise levels and some lifting of heavy loads, subject to appropriate manual handling requirements.
- This post is classed as having a high degree of contact with children or vulnerable adults which may often be unsupervised. The role will also have access to personal and sensitive data and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. An enhanced disclosure will be sought through the Disclosure and Barring Service as part of our pre-employment checks which are repeated during employment.
- The role will require some lone working; travel; physical work and the ability to drive.
- Good level of fitness
Due to the location of the school, candidates must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to their own vehicle.
Benefits and Additional Information
Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:
- Life assurance and Pension
- Perkbox - offering high street discounts.
- Employee assistance programme
- Car lease scheme
- Fully funded training and qualifications
- Bike to work scheme.
- Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.
How to Apply:
You can apply online by completing our online application form. For more information on this position please contact Liz on 07918 585258 / liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Attached documents
About Aurora Eccles School
Welcome to our Special Needs Secondary School in Quidenham, Norfolk
Take a virtual tour here: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=BV9VRe6dfQj
As Principal of the site that Aurora Eccles shares with its primary counterpart, Aurora White House School, I am delighted to introduce you to our wonderful school community.
It is our aim to provide an environment in which young people can achieve their potential and make meaningful, informed choices about every aspect of their lives. Through our highly skilled teams of teaching, support and therapeutic staff, we offer personalised, tailored interventions to help students of all ages make genuine progress in their academic, social and emotional development.
We are proud to be recognised as the ‘go to provider’ for the local authority here in Norfolk; the trust that is placed in us, by families and professionals alike, is testament to the quality and scope of education and support that we offer to every student in our care. We hope you enjoy reading about us; and we look forward to welcoming you soon.
Arabella Hardy, Site Principal, Aurora Eccles and Aurora White House School
Our School
Aurora Eccles is an independent, specialist day school for students aged 11-18 who have experienced difficulties in mainstream settings, either as a result of specific learning difficulties or more complex communication and interaction difficulties (including those associated with autism spectrum conditions).
We have high expectations for all our students and we encourage them to expect more for themselves. We offer a personalised package of education and support to each student, designed around the needs identified in their Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
Our ambition is to give our students all the skills they need to lead an independent, fulfilling adult life. We do this not only by providing opportunities for them to achieve academically, but also by helping them develop the practical skills necessary to manage their own physical, emotional and social wellbeing and to understand their place in the world.
The Aurora Eccles journey
When a young person arrives at Aurora Eccles, we commit to exploring ways of helping them fulfil their potential in every area of their life.
We begin by rebuilding their faith in school and education, by creating an environment where they feel safe and able to learn. We take a positive approach to behaviour management, encouraging the development of a strong sense of identity while promoting effective interaction with others.
Individual pastoral support and care for each student is provided by their form teacher, who also has regular contact with their parents and carers to offer support, guidance and a link to other staff and departments. For students requiring higher levels of support, provision can be made – either full time or periodically – to facilitate participation in school activities.
Throughout their time with us, students have an opportunity to achieve a range of qualifications, from pre-entry-level certificates through to higher-grade GCSEs, depending on their needs, abilities and interests.
By the time they leave us, each of our students will be in a position to make meaningful, informed choices about their own future, whether that is by accessing further education, or through appropriate vocational training or employment.
Our Facilities
Students at Aurora Eccles benefit from access to facilities including a music room, science laboratories, cookery room, and technology and art studios, and enjoy regular use of our extensive sports and recreation facilities, including an indoor swimming pool, large sports field, activity centre and climbing wall.
All students take part in a range of individual and team sports, with both inter-house and external fixtures against other schools planned regularly throughout the academic year.
Set in 34 acres of beautiful countryside, Aurora Eccles also has a wealth of exciting outdoor learning spaces for students, including an area of magnificent private woodland, which is used for our Outdoor and Woodland Learning (OWLs) programme.
Incorporating a range of adventurous activities delivered by qualified Forest School practitioners, the OWLs programme offers students the freedom to be the architects of their own learning, all within a natural environment.
The learning experience for students at Aurora Eccles does not end at the school gate. All our students participate in school visits, trips and community projects to bring the curriculum subjects to life, and are encouraged to support our staff in organising them.
From Year 10 onwards, our students also have the opportunity to participate in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award programme, through which they can experience new challenges and further develop their communication and teamwork skills.
Our Curriculum
Students at Aurora Eccles enjoy a broad curriculum that mirrors the experience of their mainstream peers, based around the core subjects of English, mathematics, science and humanities along with specialist subjects including computing and ICT, art and multimedia, and design and technology.
We also offer all our students opportunities to develop non-academic ‘life skills’ such as cookery, gardening and construction.
Our older students have the option to complete the ASDAN Certificate of Personal Effectiveness (CoPE), a substantial, nationally recognised qualification in skills development.
The CoPE enables students to practise, develop and demonstrate six important skills that are required for success in higher education, training or employment: teamwork, problem solving, discussion, research, oral presentation and self-management.
Integrated therapy
As well as academic and skill development opportunities, we offer a range of therapeutic interventions designed to help our students overcome barriers to participation in education.
Discrete interventions, including speech and language therapy and occupational therapy, are delivered by our on-site team of highly skilled clinical staff with support from visiting therapy specialists.
These interventions sit alongside a classroom experience which integrates therapeutic approaches on a one-to-one, small group and whole class basis.
Our Outcomes
We are proud to list evidence of the progress and performance of our students (for the previous academic year) below:
· Pupils achieved an average of 6.5 qualifications
· 100% of pupils passed Level 1 Vocational Pathway
· 83% of pupils achieved a Maths qualification, with one pupil achieving Grade 9
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