Up to £25,841 + Excellent Benefits

Please note: The working Hours for this role are 10.00am to 6.00pm Monday to Friday

Being a maintenance worker in our school means being part of something big. Youll be doing your bit to make sure the school building is a great place to be for our young people.

Youll do all the general, day-to-day repairs needed to keep our school up and running, drive the school vehicles and keep them in good working order, as well as making sure the school grounds and garden are kept neat and tidy. Youll also be a familiar, friendly face, this means our young people will sometimes stop to chat to you so well give you some training on child safeguarding to give you that extra confidence!

Hilden Park schoolis a purpose built, brand new, state of the art school, catering primarily for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Aspergers and Speech, Language and Communication needs. The school provides education for up to 72 children aged 8 to 16. This new exciting opportunity serving Tonbridge and the wider communities; you can be at the heart of its development. Our aim is to ensure that every pupil has an outstanding educational experience with individual pupil progress and care at the heart of what is offered.

We know youre going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the education sector. With us, youll get to bring learning to life and make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people plus youll get:

• Training: A full induction and on the job training

• Holiday: Youll work hard at WG, so youll be rewarded with 35 days holiday including bank holidays

• Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance check
  out our benefitshere

• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance

• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts

• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities check out our schoolshere

• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time

Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs
and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. The kind of person were looking for will:

• Have some maintenance skills, either professionally or as a DIY enthusiast

• Have a can do attitude a team player who rolls up their sleeves to help others

• Be confident taking responsibility for buying smaller pieces of maintenance equipment

• Willing to undertake Health & Safety and other relevant training

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

For a full job description and person specification, please click here

To view our ex-offenders policy please click here.

To view our Child Protection Policy, please visit the 'Parents and Carers' section of this School/Learning centre. You can find all our Schools here.

Special Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education / Working with Children / SEMH / SEN / ASD

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