Job Introduction

Bearwood Primary and Nursery School Website

We Need YOU! Bearwood Primary and Nursery School is a school with high expectations and standards.  We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated individual, with previous experience of cleaning, ideally in a school or other large building, to join our team. Someone who is prepared to help create a healthy clean environment for their colleagues and pupils to work in.  Teamwork makes the Dream Work! 

If you feel that you have a reasonable level of physical fitness to enable you to undertake the duties required and you want to make a difference to the lives of the pupils of our school and our staff, WE WANT YOU! 

This is a fixed term contract to cover the absence of a member of staff on secondment and will end on the date given in the contract.  The contract may be terminated at an earlier date, with due notice, should the permanent postholder return to work.

JOB/PERSON SUMMARY: 

You will need to:  

• Work well as part of a team as well as independently and be able to use your initiative  
• Have excellent communication skills with children, staff, and parents
• Carry out the cleaning of designated areas within school to an agreed standard under the direction of the Site Manager
• Ensure the highest standards of cleanliness and general hygiene of the school premises
• Have a basic understanding of health and safety issues
• Have a general understanding of key safeguarding issues and procedures
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Duties include: -

• Cleaning, washing and sweeping designated areas as appropriate
• Emptying litter and waste bins
• Polishing and dusting furniture, flooring and fittings
• Using powered equipment (e.g. vacuum cleaners, polishers) where appropriate
• Contributing to maintaining a safe and healthy environment for children and adults, adhering to all Health and Safety regulations and requirements.

Hamworthy Education Trust (HET) is a large, fast-paced Trust with currently 35 academies across the South Coast. Linked to 6 community based partnerships, there are 32 primary academies, 2 secondary and 1 hospital school. 

If you are ready for a new challenge and enjoy working with an organisation where no day will be the same, then please apply. 

‘All about the Child’ 

At HET, we aim to put the child at the centre of everything we do.  We believe that by doing this, it drives our ethos and values to do the best we can for our children. 

‘What about Sam’ 

Sam is the name we have given to the notional Hamwic child.  By asking ourselves ‘What about Sam?’ we ensure that we put our pupils at the heart of our decision making. 

WE CAN OFFER YOU: 

• Excellent CPD opportunities and Training and Development Programmes 
• In-house Teaching School 
• An individual induction programme supported by a mentor  
• Networking groups for Teachers, Business Managers, Site Teams and IT staff 
• Eligibility to join the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme 
• Generous holiday entitlement for staff working 52 weeks per year which increases with length of service 
• Opportunity to become a school workplace Health and Wellbeing representative, meeting with other schools on a termly basis and feeding into the Health and Wellbeing strategy 
• Access to the Trust Health and Wellbeing pages 
• Access to a staff benefits portal through Vivup 
• Free confidential telephone and face to face counselling for staff and family members 

 APPLICATION PROCEDURE: 

Should you wish to apply for this vacancy, please view the job description and complete the application form which can be found at www.hamwic.org and return to Mrs Sharon Tuley at s.tuley@bearwood.poole.sch.uk   

Where applicable, potential candidates may benefit from a tour of the school.  Please note, any candidates requesting a tour will be asked for their current place of work which will allow the school to verify, where possible, the name and place of work given.  Potential candidates will be asked to bring their current school ID and/or photographic ID as proof when they visit the school for a tour. 

Successful candidates will be subject to online searches as part of our Safer Recruitment in Education process.

SAFEGUARDING: 

All schools within HET are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks. 

THE HILIARY TRUST PARTNERSHIP 

The Hiliary Trust is part of an umbrella Trust called the Hamwic Education Trust.  At the Hamwic Education Trust we offer unique opportunities for those individuals that excel in education. 

We aim to deliver an outstanding education to our pupils and to do so we must employ outstanding people. We offer a training pathway for all employees including teachers, support staff and our middle and senior leaders. 

Our staff have opportunities to work on cross phase projects and to work in other schools within the Trust in order to gain invaluable experience and enhance their skills.