Part-Time: Mornings Mon- Fri 20 Hours Per Week (8.30-12.30)

Nclude-UK Ltd Community Interest Company

Facilities Worker

Part-time: mornings Mon- Fri 20 hours per week (8.30-12.30)

Location: Desborough Avenue, High Wycombe

Salary: £11,000

Job Description and Person Specification

About Nclude

Nclude works with people with a learning disability to help them achieve their potential through education, life skills training and day opportunities. Our parent charity, Talkback, is a well-respected, high profile organisation working for self-advocacy for people with a learning disability. Being user led means that we are always responding directly to the people that we support; it also means that we are constantly evolving and growing.

Nclude prides itself in having a culture of inclusiveness, passion and good humour. Whilst we are growing in the numbers of staff and people with a learning disability accessing our services, we aim to ensure that we retain a person-centred focus on all our work. We follow Positive Behavioural Support approaches in our practice, and ensure that training and development forms a part of the whole staff team approach.

About the Role

We are looking for a friendly, reliable and enthusiastic individual to work with us in looking after our building in High Wycombe to ensure that the highest standards are maintained for the benefit of people with a learning disability, staff and visitors.

Accountable to Business Lead

Main tasks

 Open building at 8.30am to ensure building is ready for the arrival of service users. This includes opening blinds, turning on the water, heaters and de humidifiers.

 Answer the front door and welcome people and ensure they sign in and receive any parcels/post.

 Ensure people sign out when leaving the building.

 Liaise with taxi drivers to make sure people are dropped off safely. Nclude-UK Ltd Community Interest Company  Answer the telephone and take and pass on messages as appropriate.

 Keeping the building clean at all times. This includes cleaning toilets, bathrooms, kitchens and general communal areas, emptying bins, cleaning cookers and microwaves and hoovering on a daily basis.

 Ensure rubbish is regularly cleared from building. Liaise with rubbish collection company as and when required.

 Ensure areas in front and to the back of the building are swept regularly and kept clean.

 Oversee parking arrangements at front and rear of building. Maintain a good relationship with garages at the rear of the building to ease parking arrangement.

 Replenish cleaning products regularly to ensure stocks do not run low (liaise with Project Worker to purchase goods locally with funds from petty cash).

 Ensure stationery and general supplies are kept well stocked with Project Worker to place orders with the Amersham office to maintain stock levels.

 Liaise with Business Manager and Project Worker re organising maintenance and repairs of building.

 Handover to Project Worker at 12.30pm

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of Nclude.

Person Specification

 An unwavering belief in Inclusion and commitment to Nclude andTalkback’s vision and mission.

 Sound values base and respect for people with a learning disability

 An ability to tackle practical problems and provide a solution

 An ability to communicate simply, naturally and diplomatically to a wide range of people in a variety of situations

 Enthusiasm, flexibility and commitment to developing self

 An ability to manage your own time, administration, personal organisation and practical arrangements Nclude-UK Ltd Community Interest Company  Adaptable and able to work as part of a team and independently

 Ability to give and receive feedback constructively and fully participate in support and supervision

 Able to use Microsoft Outlook and manage email communication

 Full UK driving licence and use of car would be advantageous

 Eligible to work in the UK

 Satisfactory DBS check

May 2017