General Assistant (Cleaner)

at  Action for Children

BENEFITS:

• 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays and options to buy or sell leave
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
• Supportive supervision.
• Free parking.
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
• Pension with up to 7% matched employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
• Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.
• We are a Real Living Wage accredited employer.
  Vulnerable children in the UK need your help.
  Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you’ll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.
  Last year, we helped more than 688,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.
  Why Action for Children?
  Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It’s the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children’s lives.
  A bit about the role
  Viking House are looking for a General Assistant to support our team of Residential Support staff to continue to provide children with an enriching and positive experience when they come to stay with us.
  As a General Assistant you will provide a range of domestic tasks at a high level of cleanliness and hygiene of premises and designated areas to meet the service standards, within a safe and caring environment for service users, visitors and employees. You will also prepare and serve nutritious meals to children during their stays.
  About the service
  Viking House is a six-bed residential short break home for Children and young people aged between 5 and 18 years old with complex additional needs.
  The home offers short breaks for children and is a place of laughter fun and new experiences where the children can thrive, learn, and develop helping them to achieve a positive future.
  Whilst the children are with us, we strive to create a homely environment but providing them with warm and nurturing care, in a cosy and clean environment.

How you’ll help to create brighter futures

• Support the team to ensure the home is clean, safe and welcoming for children, and appropriately stocked with healthy and nutritious food.
• Create healthy and nutritious meals for children, following any dietary requirements and considering likes and dislikes.
• Support the team to provide meals to children in a timely manner.
• Support the team to ensure the home is appropriately stocked with cleaning items, following COSHH guidelines.
• Follow Food Safety guidelines and undertake any relevant training to support this.

Let’s talk about you.

Are you resilient and have a positive approach to change and challenge? We are looking for someone with a ‘can do’ attitude to join our team. Ideally you will have:

• Experience with maintaining food hygiene standards and creating nutritious meals.
• Some experience and knowledge of managing and maintaining a clean and safe environment
• Knowledge and experience with maintaining health and safety guidelines within a professional workplace.
• An innovative and creative approach to problem solving.

DON’T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we’d love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

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ROLE: GENERAL ASSISTANT

Salary: up to £23,700 per annum (pro rata and depending on experience and qualifications)
Location: Headington, Oxfordshire.
Contract/Hours: Permanent Part- time 20 hours per week.

PLEASE NOTE WE ARE UNABLE TO OFFER VISA SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE.

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