Caretaker Evergreen School Closing Date: Sunday 19 January 2025 We reserve the right to close the vacancy at an earlier date if the post is filled Required ASAP £24,790 (SCPE5) – £25,183 (SCPE6), actual salary £13,400 – £13,612 Part-time (20 hours per week, year-round), flexibility with working hours Working hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 2.30pm to 8.15pm; Thursday 2.30pm to 7.30pm and Friday 2.30pm to 6pm. Evergreen School is a special school with two purpose-built campuses in Warwick. We have over 280 wonderful children and young people enrolled who are aged 4 to 19 years old. This is an exciting time to join our school as we continue to develop and expand, with a new curriculum and fantastic facilities including a swimming pool, hydrotherapy pool, sensory studios, Café and soft-play rooms. We are expanding our school with a third campus, which may lead to more opportunities and the possibility of increased hours in the future. Reporting to the Estates Manager, we are seeking to appoint a Caretaker to work across our school campus in a flexible and approachable manner. This role will primarily be based at the Deansway campus (Woodloes). Responsible for the day to day maintenance and operations of the campus to which you are assigned, you will ensure that the school campus is safe, clean, secure and fit for purpose at all times for all users of the premises, grounds and equipment. You will have a sense of pride for your important role within the school. Key priorities of the role will include; 1. Locking/unlocking and securing of the school premises across the campus. 2. Undertaking regular compliance inspections and audits across the estate via the schools dedicated software 3. Responding to reactive and planned maintenance tasks issued via the schools CAFM software and undertaking minor projects during non-term time. 4. Daily management of the schools hydro swimming pools and plant (full training provided) 5. Flexible approach to working hours and patterns with the ability to work within and contribute to the overall continual development of the estates team. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure (with child’s barred list check). References and online checks will be completed at shortlisting stage. How to apply : If you feel that you have the personal qualities, experience, commitment and resilience to achieve our visions and aims, please complete the online application form. Please ensure that you refer to the criteria in the person specification when you complete your application. https://www.evergreenschool.co.uk/about-us/vacancies/ please note, CV’s are not accepted, see attached Recruitment Pack for further information About our School Evergreen School is an all-through community special school across 2 separate campuses in Warwick. We have over 280 children and young people on roll ranging in age from 4 to 19 years old. Although our campuses aren’t strictly split by age, our Deansway Campus provides for predominantly primary-aged children and our Brittain Lane Campus provides for secondary-aged children and young people. We think that Evergreen School is a wonderful and exciting place to be and we know that we have the most incredible pupils. All of us here are learning all of the time. If you have the very highest standards and expectations for yourself and everyone around you, a passion for learning and developing and believe that working with children and young people is the greatest privilege anyone can ever have, then we think you will love it too. "My leadership philosophy centres around growth mindset, where each individual is encouraged and empowered to grow and develop. I want our children and young people to be excited, and most importantly happy turning up to school each day. Our children and young people deserve to have wonderful experiences of the world around them, learn new skills that are being delivered in an innovative way, thrive and be prepared to live in and contribute to their local community, grow as individuals, follow their interests and be the heartbeat of their curriculum. This individualised and tailored approach is the essence of specialist provision." (Nick, Executive Head Teacher) Class groups all have a teacher, senior teaching assistant and additional support staff and we have school nurses, and a pastoral team that work across the campuses. A multi-disciplinary team including speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and a wide range of other professionals support the work of the teaching team. Our pupils benefit from a broad range of educational resources and learning spaces. At our Deansway Campus, we have a swimming pool which is equipped with a sensory multi-media system, brand new outdoor play area, a soft play room, cookery rooms and sensory room. We also have a fantastic forest school site, and eco project which is a shared provision with the Woodloes Primary School next door. Our secondary campus also has a hydrotherapy pool, gym, music bus, two fantastic forest school spaces, sensory garden and Community Book Café open to the public. The school has a range of facilities which enable outside professionals to liaise and meet with parents and staff. A variety of clinics are held at the school regularly. We are very well served by computer-driven technology, with large plasma screens and iPads in every classroom. There is high speed broadband internet and Wi-Fi access throughout the school. We are committed to family involvement and strive to maintain strong links with families and carers. A home-school communication system is in place via ClassDojo as well as a texting service. The school holds termly parents’ evenings, regular workshop sessions and in class learning opportunities alongside the class teams. We have a very active and supportive ‘Friends’ of the school group (PTA). We are committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of those we serve, as well as complying with best practice in the application of safeguarding. Therefore, as this role requires working with children, an enhanced DBS Disclosure will be required as part of the pre-employment checking process, and rechecking will be required when determined by the relevant policy. We will request references at the shortlisting stage. One reference must be from your current employer and from the Headteacher (if from a school).