Porter Broadstairs, England
Job description
PORTER – FULL TIME, ALL YEAR ROUND
£20,812 to £21,189 per annum
Permanent position
37 hours per week. All year round.
Bradstow is a creative and unique residential school for children between the ages of 5 & 19. It is situated in 13 acres of parkland in Broadstairs, Kent. We seek to meet the needs of children and young people with autism and severe learning difficulties with associated behaviours that may be challenging using a Gentle Teach approach and engaging in reflective practice. We have achieved national recognition for our developments in Communication and Behaviour Management as well as having been awarded the Platinum standard for the Investors in People accreditation.
To work as part of the Maintenance Team to undertake general Porter duties, basic routine building maintenance work, vehicle cleaning and driving and security and safety of the school site.
General duties include:
- General portering duties including the moving of furniture, parcels, cleaning materials and delivery of meals to residential accommodation.
- General support to the school vehicle fleet including driving school vehicles as and when required but not for the transport of students.
- Carrying out maintenance on young people’s bikes to ensure they are safe for use.
- Carrying out daily and weekly vehicles safety checks and reporting faults as required. Ensuring school vehicles are clean and in presentable state for use by staff and pupils.
- Ensuring waste recycling areas and clean and tidy, movement of waste bins between collection points.
- General housekeeping duties of maintenance yard and maintenance areas and buildings.
- Undertake general building maintenance, both inside and out, to include decorating and minor building work as directed by the Site Manager.
- Keeping school yards, paths, drives, playground areas clear of general litter, rubbish, leaves, snow and ice (manual sweeping and machines; gritting in icy conditions).
- Assisting the grounds staff with general maintenance across school site including specialised outside areas, farm, allotments and picnic areas.
For all posts we look for candidates who are mature, warm, creative and open to learning with a patient and caring attitude to deal sensitively with vulnerable children.
The selection process for this post will comprise of an interview and short literacy test.
Please note that safeguarding of our young people is our number one priority at Bradstow, therefore all successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and thorough pre-employment checks.
Closing date: Friday 24th March 2023 at 4pm
Interviews: April 2023
We look forward to hearing from you.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £20,812.00-£21,189.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Work Location: One location
Application deadline: 24/03/2023
Reference ID: Poter22
