Job Description

Overview and Responsibilities

Housekeeper - Boveridge College

Location: Cranborne, Dorset

Salary: £22,880.00 - £23,296.00 - depending on experience

Hours : 40 hours per week

Contract: 12 month fixed term contract

At  Aurora Boveridge College , we prepare our students for adult life, through person-centred academic and vocational study programmes leading to independent living with employment or further study. By working together, we increase resilience, confidence, self-esteem, emotional intelligence, and well-being: the cornerstones on which strong and successful long-term futures are built.

The main purpose of the role:

We are looking to appoint a committed and enthusiastic  Housekeeper to join our friendly and hardworking team. The successful candidates will work as part of our Housekeeping Team and duties will include vacuum cleaning, wiping furniture, mopping hard surfaces and other general cleaning duties

Key duties:

• Vacuum cleaning floors
• Spot cleaning of spillages
• Wiping furniture, ledges, pipes, paintwork, doors and polishing door glass
• Emptying and cleaning bins (daily)
• Cleaning toilets including sanitary fittings and surrounds
• Mopping and spray cleaning hard floor surfaces
• Wiping, dusting, cobweb removal, polishing banister rails spindles and wood surrounds.
• Replenishing janitorial supplies in toilets, etc (daily)
• Checking and closing windows, switching off lights after work and ensure the building is secure on exit
• Such other duties as may be allocated from time to time
• All defects/hazards must be immediately reported

Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.

For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Adele from the Recruitment Team  adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com

Skills and Qualifications

Successful candidate qualities:

• Experience of using equipment and materials in situations where care is needed to prevent harm to others
• Key aspects of Health and Safety legislation for cleaning
• Experience of cleaning a variety of surfaces.
• The role will require some lone working; travel; physical work and the ability to drive

Benefits and Additional Information

What’s on offer?

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Full training with the opportunity to study the Level 3 diploma in Health and Social Care (funded by us!) and CPD pathway for progressing
• The little perks of appreciation, chocolates, food, tea & coffee pods, Christmas hampers etc
• Well-being checks with our Mental first aiders & Well being Champions
• Full management support
• Life assurance
• 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.

If you are interested in this role then please apply on-line and complete our application form. For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Adele from the recruitment team on 07918 144908 /   Adele.richard@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.

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