Cleaning Tutor
Job Introduction
HMP Forest Bank are currently recruiting a Cleaning Tutor to maintain and improve the standards of cleanliness in all areas of the establishment, through training cleaners in correct cleaning methods.
HMP Forest Bank serves the courts of Greater Manchester and maintains strong links to the local community with a focus on resettlement. We aim to deliver quality of life services and support people to change their lives for the better.
Opportunities for learning and developing work-ready skills are on offer for all who come in to custody, but our commitment to reducing reoffending in local communities does not end at the prison gate. We support people released from custody through innovative partnerships in substance misuse services in Bury and Oldham, working with people to maintain recovery and lead law-abiding lives.
As well as the 16 residential units on site, there is a healthcare centre, gym, library, workshop complex, visits hall, chaplaincy and kitchen. The prison’s capacity stands at 1,460, holding adult men both on remand or sentenced and young prisoners between the ages of 18-21 years.
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Role Responsibility
- Accountable for the provision of training and the maintenance of standards of cleanliness firstly on wings and then in the wider areas of the establishment.
- Ensure that cleaners carry out their duties as per your specifications and have the right attitude to work.
- Ensure that the servery is kept clean by servery workers.
- Good knowledge of COSHH so that wing cleaners know what substances to use, and in the correct quantity whilst paying attention to health and safety regulations.
- Cleaners will need to be trained in the correct use of equipment and a high level of consideration must be given to health and safety when using cleaning equipment and undertaking cleaning duties.
- Requirement to deliver qualifications at level one to wing number one cleaners as the role progresses and depending on the needs of the establishment.
- Ensure that all areas have the correct equipment and cleaning materials.
The Ideal Candidate
- Demonstrate pro-social modelling at all times with staff and prisoner learners
- Excellent knowledge and application of cleaning work
- Have previous experience in working in cleaning in large complexes.
- Hold a cleaning qualification to level 2 or above.
- Hold TAQA or equivalent or be willing to work towards TAQA.
Package Description
Salary £24 908.40 per annum plus 20 days holiday, free meals on duty, gym access, pension and shopping discounts.
About the Company
In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.
We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.
Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.
Please note all roles within Sodexo Justice are subject to security and recruitment checks which may include a Social Media Check. You will also be asked to provide 3 years’ worth of references and request employment history details from the HMRC
