There is no better time to start a career within our maintenance team than now!

Would you like secure employment where you can progress your career?

If you would like to build a career that gives you genuine sense of achievement and fulfilment knowing that you can have a positive impact on the young people we support, then look no further and apply today!

Sheridan School in Thetford are recruiting for a Maintenance assistant to join their maintenance team. We are looking for a passionate candidate who will carry out reactive day-to-day maintenance issues within the school and its grounds.

We are looking for a passionate handyperson and an enthusiastic DIYer, who will carry out reactive day-to-day maintenance issues within the site and their grounds.

You will be working across our three school sites as an when required, liaising with contractors when on site and ad-hoc requests from management as and when necessary.

Sheridan School is a specialist therapeutic school for boys and girls aged 8 to 16 years old with complex needs which include social, emotional and mental health difficulties (also known as ).

Some of the young people in our care have additional needs such as , post-traumatic stress disorder or attachment disorder.

As part of Aspris Children’s Services, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. We ask that you can demonstrate the values needed for a role, transferable skills and life experience and in return we will give you all the training and support you need to progress.

Due to the nature of this role a full UK driving licence would be required

Ideally, you will have experience of general labouring skills and handyperson work, along with the following characteristics :

• Communication During your role your working environment may involve interacting with our young people we support that may display varying degrees of emotional behavioural difficulties, autism, ADHD and associated difficulties
• Organisation As well as supervising the staff team, you’ll need to be confident and organised in record keeping, ensuring issues are logged on the internal computer systems and keeping up to date with routine maintenance checks.
• Attentive No two jobs will be the same so being attentive to understand them and identify areas where we can support is important.

As part of Aspris Children’s Services, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. We ask that you can demonstrate the values needed for a role, transferable skills and life experience and in return we will give you all the training and support you need to progress.

If you want to progress your career, Aspris Children’s Services will help you get there.

Aspris is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service / Disclosure Scotland and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years;

for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.

Last updated : 2024-05-20