Maintenance Assistant

Aspris Telford School are recruiting for a Maintenance Assistant to join our Education team! We are looking for a passionate handyperson and an enthusiastic DIYer, who will carry out reactive day-to-day maintenance issues within the site and their grounds. You will also assist in supporting our other homes in the community, liaising with contractors when on site and ad-hoc requests from management as and when necessary. This position is 5 hours per week which can be on a bank or permanent basis.

Our Benefits Include

• Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme
• Comprehensive induction
• Blue Light discounts
• Commitment to your ongoing training and career progression
• Pension scheme
• Paid for enhanced DBS
• Wellbeing support
• Cycle to work scheme and more!
  
  

Aspris Telford School is an independent day school, located in an attractive semi-rural setting just a short walk from the historic town of Ironbridge. The school provides education to 14 young people between the ages of 11 and 18, who present with a variety of SEN including social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs and autism. Ours is a small school with a big heart. Members of our team are all committed to providing a positive and nurturing experience to our students, most of whom have had very negative experiences of school before coming to us.

Main Duties

• Maintains a well decorated, safe, and comfortable environment throughout Putney Vale, in line with quality standards, and follows work processes which comply with statutory regulations
• Ensures that Aspris minimum standards are delivered in all unit areas in a timely and efficient manner, as part of a team
• Identifies and reports damage, faults, and other related issues to line manager (and then actions as agreed) to ensure that environmental conditions continue to meet quality standards and statutory regulations
• Undertakes regular internal and external patrols of the unit and its grounds, ensuring that all the windows and doors are closed and locked as appropriate to the time of day
• Deals with any potential acts of disturbance, vandalism or theft within the grounds, reporting these and any other untoward or suspicious incidents to the manager in charge
• Maintains an accurate record of all incidents and suspicious activities within a logbook
• Acts in a manner consistent with the Aspris image, policy, and procedures, ensuring that the units, milieu is maintained
• Adopt new services that are already introduced within Aspris
• Use equipment efficiently, in order to gain a greater value for money
  
  

Above all, we provide a supportive and collaborative working environment where you can flourish in your career and feel incredibly rewarded by helping those who need it most.

If you want to progress your career, Aspris Children’s Services will help you get there.

Aspris is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service/Disclosure Scotland and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.