Premises Caretaker
Salesian School
Chertsey, Surrey
- £24,430 - £29,919 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- PS6
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 20 July 2020
Job overview
We are looking for a dedicated, hardworking person with a cheerful personality to join our Premises Team at Salesian School.
You will provide a variety of essential, maintenance and caretaking activities to aid the smooth running of the school and to ensure the school site is always presented to a high standard.
36 Hours a Week, 52 Weeks: 2pm-10pm subject to variation as the job requires
Responsible to: Premises Manager
Person Specification
• Commitment to supporting the distinctive nature of a Catholic school
• Relevant professional qualifications
• Relevant professional development
• High level of initiative
• Holds clean driving licence
• Practical abilities in undertaking maintenance and repairs and solving practical problems
• Evident interest in all aspects of school life
• Excellent communication skills
• Commitment to working as a team player
• Boundless enthusiasm , a positive outlook with a “can do attitude”
• Capacity to work very hard under pressure
• Personal integrity and the drive to do what is best for the students
• Sense of humour
• Commitment to ensuring that Salesian becomes the best school in the country
Responsibilities
Security
• To ensure buildings are locked/unlocked at appropriate times, setting/turning off alarm systems and secure access to the School grounds to prevent trespass;
• To conduct regular patrols around School ensuring the security of the buildings and grounds;
• To attend agreed after school activities, lettings and meetings to secure premises;
• To have key holder responsibilities
Maintenance and Repairs
• To make good or monitor contractors to do so, as appropriate, items of damage or disrepair around the School;
• To ensure the appropriate movement of school furniture for events, eg. Assemblies , Parents’ Evenings etc;
• To ensure the prompt distribution of all deliveries around the School;
• To attend callouts and if necessary conduct emergency boarding up to secure the School premises - challenge intruders where appropriate;
• To monitor the work of contractors engaged by the school to ensure specified standards are achieved;
• To respond to staff requests with regards maintenance and repairs.
Environment
• To monitor and adjust heating and lighting and other mains services to meet student / staff need and ensuring minimal waste and to ensure that acceptable working temperatures are maintained all year round;
• To complete daily risk assessment identifying Health and Safety issues around the School taking immediate action to remedy any health and safety issue either by action or report to Premises Manager
• To check that toilets are kept clean, hygienic and free from litter;
• Carry out emergency cleaning in critical areas (e.g. toilets) as required and where the contractor has failed and a health risk is deemed to exist.
• To proactively and continually keep all outside hard areas clean and tidy, eg. litter clearance, leaf cleaning.
• To undertake some general checking and cleaning of some parts of the establishment i.e. buffing floors, vaxing, emptying shredders, recycling bins etc., to ensure a tidy environment is maintained.
• To provide emergency cleaning, after a child has been sick.
Porterage
• To carry out removal or relocation of office and general school furniture and equipment as necessary paying due attention to manual handling safe practices and maintenance of safe access/exit routes and walkways around the various halls, offices and classrooms;
• To manage effectively arrangements for purchasing, collecting, receiving and distributing deliveries of goods around the site maximising resources whilst minimising time and effort where possible;
• To respond to staff requests for porterage.
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Continuing Professional Development - Self
• To take responsibility for personal professional development, in conjunction with the line manager.
• To undertake any necessary professional development as identified in the School Improvement Plan taking full advantage of any relevant training and development available.
Other
• To deal with or report, to the nearest member of the teaching staff, incidents that are seen or reported regarding students’ welfare;
• To undertake any other duties, commensurate with the grade, as reasonably requested by the Business Manager or Headteacher.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Enhanced CRB (Criminal Record Bureau) checks will be sought prior to start date.
Attached documents
About Salesian School
Salesian School is characterised by the philosophy of the Salesian founder St John Bosco (1815-1888). He stressed high educational standards and sound moral and religious education. He insisted too on a friendly atmosphere in his schools where the idea of community could be fostered. We strive to ensure that every student experiences personally, a happy atmosphere that will help them to leave the school with a high level of confidence in their own abilities as well as excellent examination results. These goals are delivered through a strong pastoral system, excellent learning and teaching and an extensive range of sporting, cultural, physical and social extra-curricular activities.
It is at the foundation of our values to:
- Develop the whole person - mind, body and spirit
- Ensure relationships are key
- Ensure that all decisions are made in the best interests of the children
- Ensure that everything we do is based on Gospel values
We promise parents and students that we will:
- Ensure that students get the best results they are capable of achieving
- Develop the skills and attributes that students will need to be successful in the world of the future
- Develop the morals and values of our students to help them lead decent Christian lives and go on to promote these values throughout the world
We who work in Salesian Schools state our belief in our young people. We recognise that they come from differing backgrounds but that they are of equal value to God and to us. In the spirit of St John Bosco, we turn our efforts to those who stand in special need because of lack of material or emotional security.
We set out to create in our schools a joyful atmosphere in which the dignity and worth of each pupil and member of staff is recognised, developed and safeguarded. Our schools are noted for an atmosphere of welcome where all feel at home and a sense of safety and security. Staff are willing to be present with the pupils in friendship and to go that one step further, where this is necessary, to meet the needs of young people.
We strive to affirm, develop and challenge the abilities of each. We are concerned with the way in which each person matures within the context of the community. While recognising that national standards have a part to play, in seeking to achieve these, we emphasise the unique path each person will take. Our main criterion is personal worth. We prepare young people to be a positive influence in the places where they live and work with others.
Within our Salesian Schools we foster the spiritual, moral and religious development of our pupils and a lively celebration of prayer. In this, we respect where each one stands and his or her basic freedom to choose. However, we strive to present these important features of school life in a way that speaks to the needs and concerns of our young people.
We recognise that in our present age there are many social and educational tensions that stretch our staff, at times, to breaking point. In our schools, therefore, we undertake to affirm our commitment to and support for each other.
We also recognise that we are part of a network of schools within the Diocese and Local Area. We appreciate and respect the work of colleagues in these schools.
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