Why Work for us: Employee benefits (southampton.gov.uk)

This role is instrumental in assisting in the development of the supported housing service.

You will need to be a positive and enthusiastic person and will be responsible for ensuring good standards of cleanliness are maintained. An understanding of issues affecting older people would be helpful.

You will work in a locally based team, providing cleaning in the communal area’s and external surrounding vicinity of our Supported Housing Complexes.

You will also be responsible for ensuring all equipment used in your role meet required health and safety standards and assist in the ordering of appropriate stock. You will also be responsible for the general Health & Safety in and around our blocks. An understanding of safeguarding adults and working in a specialist service area with vulnerable adults would be preferable.

No formal qualifications are necessary as relevant training will be given. A willingness to work and participate in ongoing relevant training is essential and possibly assist with some social activities if required.

The position is a lone working post, however there will be occasions for work to be completed in other blocks or with other cleaners within the team or even cover other Team area’s across the City, if required.

A driving licence is preferable but not essential as you may be required to cover other Courts across the City. The post is subject to a Basic DBS check.

Basic IT skills are required.

Contact details for further information via email: Teresa Bicknell Teresa.bicknell@southampton.gov.uk or Trudy Stanley Trudy.stanley@southampton.gov.uk

Additional information:

• This post requires a basic DBS check.
• For any posts that require a DBS check, if you have lived outside the UK within the last 5 years, you will be required to provide a Certificate of Good Conduct or a police certificate from the country/countries you have resided in. Kindly note that this is at the expense of the candidate, as well as any costs involved for translating into English.
• Please note the salary quoted is based on full time hours (37 hours).

The supporting statement section of the application form must be completed unless there are specific criteria questions for you to evidence against. Applications are shortlisted against the essential and desirable criteria found within the job description for the post. Please refer to the job description when completing your application form and evidence how you meet the required criteria/questions. A CV on its own will not be considered.

Unfortunately, we are not able to accept applications that are made through a third party agency. We cannot guarantee that any correspondence sent from third party agencies will be responded to. To ensure your application is received please apply online at www.careers.southampton.gov.uk

Recruitment contact details: recruitment@southampton.gov.uk

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