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Caretaker
| Posting date: | 15 March 2025 |
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| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 27 March 2025 |
| Location: | Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, BD19 3AQ |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ee5a6f10-e709-4273-9356-daf07d5d26d6 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, enthusiastic caretaker to support Whitcliffe Mount with its daily premises needs.
- Ability to work in an environment of constant change and pressure where an amount of personal decision-making and judgement is required.
- Excellent communication skills including verbal communication skills in order to liaise with young people and other staff members.
- Commitment to the safeguarding of children
- Ability to work with a wide range of people of all ages from different backgrounds with different needs and to respond accordingly to support those needs
- Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and relevant COSHH and ESCC regulations
- A willingness to undertake further development/training as appropriate
What the school offers its staff
Whitcliffe Mount Academy is a large secondary academy in Cleckheaton, within close commuter distance of Huddersfield, Bradford, and Leeds. The academy is committed to supporting all pupils to achieve, develop and thrive so that they can be happy and successful.
The academy is a proud partner of the well-regarded and high-performing SHARE Multi-Academy Trust and is part of the Teaching School Hub for Kirklees and Calderdale. Whitcliffe Mount provides staff with a wealth of support and a wide range of opportunities to collaborate, network, and share best practice.
Whitcliffe Mount has a wonderful academy community and is a great place to work, where all team members play a vital role in making a positive impact on the life chances of others.
The academy is proud to offer:
• A supportive and ambitious environment where all students are encouraged to go beyond what they think they can achieve and to enjoy learning, helping them to lead successful, healthy and happy lives
• A vibrant place to work which equips staff to deliver their best every day, under the strong belief that Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best is the key
• A commitment that staff are happy, engaged and well supported at work, taking pride in students’ attendance, behaviour, progress and development as well as their own
• Excellent training and guidance relevant to individual job roles, so expectations are understood and staff are motivated
• Great benefits, as an employer of choice, including outstanding CPD, supportive line management, and meaningful networking opportunities across the trust to aid personal development
• Supportive leadership, encouraging healthy work-life balance
• A high-quality teaching and learning environment, alongside good facilities
• A culture where children are happy, settled and confident, accessing a broad and balanced curriculum which provides a memorable educational experience for pupils and staff.
Further details about the role
To provide a comprehensive, customer led premises service to the academy by the efficient and effective running of maintenance operations
To ensure that the site and its building are efficiently operated on a day to day basis to the standards required by the Head of School and central premises & compliance team, fulfilling all Health and Safety Legislation.
Key outputs
• Maintain the security of the school premises by locking and unlocking entrances and exits as required, securing the building using the alarm system and reporting any potential security breaches.
- Liaise with outside agencies e.g., Fire, Police ADT etc..
- To be a key holder and attend to call outs outside of school hours.
- To provide access to the school site out of school hours as requested.
• To ensure that all routine/planned maintenance and building related tasks are scheduled for completion and to monitor results and ensure issues are addressed, including effecting repairs and improvements in order to fulfil the school’s specific responsibilities.
• Responsible for site safety, ensuring clear and safe access and security of the site and its contents.
• Work collaboratively with cleaning staff to ensure smooth running and delivery of cleaning services.
• Report any need for repair or maintenance work to the Senior Caretaker.
• Maintain and monitor Health and Safety standards, reporting any failures to comply with the school’s statutory obligations in this area and ensure that contractor’s work meets Health and Safety Regulations.
• To be responsible for the Health and Safety induction of contractors to site and ensure proper procedures are carried out for Asbestos, Hot Works and Legionella.
• Using the online system – currently Every – to respond proactively to job tickets and resolve any problems or queries in a timely manner. Escalating complex tickets to the Senior Caretaker.
• As part of your wider duties and responsibilities you are required to promote and actively support the School’s responsibilities towards Safeguarding. Safeguarding is about keeping people safe and protecting people from harm, neglect, abuse and injury. It is about creating safe places, being vigilant and doing something about any concerns you might have. Please refer to the school website for our Safeguarding policy
• Carry out your duties with due regard to current and future School policies, procedures and relevant legislation. These will be drawn to your attention in your appointment letter, your statement of particulars, induction, and on-going performance development and through School communications.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, enthusiastic caretaker to support Whitcliffe Mount with its daily premises needs.
- Ability to work in an environment of constant change and pressure where an amount of personal decision-making and judgement is required.
- Excellent communication skills including verbal communication skills in order to liaise with young people and other staff members.
- Commitment to the safeguarding of children
- Ability to work with a wide range of people of all ages from different backgrounds with different needs and to respond accordingly to support those needs
- Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and relevant COSHH and ESCC regulations
- A willingness to undertake further development/training as appropriate
What the school offers its staff
Whitcliffe Mount Academy is a large secondary academy in Cleckheaton, within close commuter distance of Huddersfield, Bradford, and Leeds. The academy is committed to supporting all pupils to achieve, develop and thrive so that they can be happy and successful.
The academy is a proud partner of the well-regarded and high-performing SHARE Multi-Academy Trust and is part of the Teaching School Hub for Kirklees and Calderdale. Whitcliffe Mount provides staff with a wealth of support and a wide range of opportunities to collaborate, network, and share best practice.
Whitcliffe Mount has a wonderful academy community and is a great place to work, where all team members play a vital role in making a positive impact on the life chances of others.
The academy is proud to offer:
• A supportive and ambitious environment where all students are encouraged to go beyond what they think they can achieve and to enjoy learning, helping them to lead successful, healthy and happy lives
• A vibrant place to work which equips staff to deliver their best every day, under the strong belief that Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best is the key
• A commitment that staff are happy, engaged and well supported at work, taking pride in students’ attendance, behaviour, progress and development as well as their own
• Excellent training and guidance relevant to individual job roles, so expectations are understood and staff are motivated
• Great benefits, as an employer of choice, including outstanding CPD, supportive line management, and meaningful networking opportunities across the trust to aid personal development
• Supportive leadership, encouraging healthy work-life balance
• A high-quality teaching and learning environment, alongside good facilities
• A culture where children are happy, settled and confident, accessing a broad and balanced curriculum which provides a memorable educational experience for pupils and staff.
Further details about the role
To provide a comprehensive, customer led premises service to the academy by the efficient and effective running of maintenance operations
To ensure that the site and its building are efficiently operated on a day to day basis to the standards required by the Head of School and central premises & compliance team, fulfilling all Health and Safety Legislation.
Key outputs
• Maintain the security of the school premises by locking and unlocking entrances and exits as required, securing the building using the alarm system and reporting any potential security breaches.
- Liaise with outside agencies e.g., Fire, Police ADT etc..
- To be a key holder and attend to call outs outside of school hours.
- To provide access to the school site out of school hours as requested.
• To ensure that all routine/planned maintenance and building related tasks are scheduled for completion and to monitor results and ensure issues are addressed, including effecting repairs and improvements in order to fulfil the school’s specific responsibilities.
• Responsible for site safety, ensuring clear and safe access and security of the site and its contents.
• Work collaboratively with cleaning staff to ensure smooth running and delivery of cleaning services.
• Report any need for repair or maintenance work to the Senior Caretaker.
• Maintain and monitor Health and Safety standards, reporting any failures to comply with the school’s statutory obligations in this area and ensure that contractor’s work meets Health and Safety Regulations.
• To be responsible for the Health and Safety induction of contractors to site and ensure proper procedures are carried out for Asbestos, Hot Works and Legionella.
• Using the online system – currently Every – to respond proactively to job tickets and resolve any problems or queries in a timely manner. Escalating complex tickets to the Senior Caretaker.
• As part of your wider duties and responsibilities you are required to promote and actively support the School’s responsibilities towards Safeguarding. Safeguarding is about keeping people safe and protecting people from harm, neglect, abuse and injury. It is about creating safe places, being vigilant and doing something about any concerns you might have. Please refer to the school website for our Safeguarding policy
• Carry out your duties with due regard to current and future School policies, procedures and relevant legislation. These will be drawn to your attention in your appointment letter, your statement of particulars, induction, and on-going performance development and through School communications.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.