Casual Laundry Assistant

Would you like to join our Housekeeping team on a casual basis at an organisation that prides itself on having a warm, friendly and diverse community?

The Laundry Assistant is a crucial role in our Housekeeping team, assisting with the provision of laundry services to meet the needs of the School and associated functions. The role supports the Laundry Supervisor through laundering to an agreed standard, in line with daily laundry schedules.

The successful candidate will be approachable and friendly, with a diligent and flexible approach to work and tasks. You will ideally have experience of operating laundry equipment (although training will be provided), and experience in a customer care or service role, including caring for a family member.

More Information

The role will be on a casual worker agreement working Monday to Friday either 7am-2pm or 10am-5pm. This role could become permanent and will be discussed at interview.

Uniform is provided.

For more information about working at Taunton School, and to view the detailed job description and person specification for this role, please visit tauntonschool.co.uk/about/job-vacancies/. To apply, please click on 'apply for job' on the job page and complete the application form and upload a covering letter as part of your application.

If you are interested in this role, please contact TSrecruit@tauntonschool.co.uk or call 01823 703 123 to discuss the role further.

Equal Opportunities: Taunton School is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from appropriately qualified persons regardless of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, race, ethnic origin, nationality, religion, disability or age. Candidates will be assessed against relevant criteria only (i.e. skills, qualifications, abilities, experience) in selection and recruitment.

If you have a disability and require any assistance with the application process, please contact tsrecruit@tauntonschool.co.uk
Safeguarding:
Taunton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. If you are shortlisted for interview the HR team may carry out an online search via Google to check presence and activity, as part of the School’s due diligence.

Any formal offer of employment will be subject to a number of pre-employment checks as part of the School’s due diligence, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. These include ID and Right to Work in the UK, satisfactory references, a successful enhanced DBS check, and a satisfactory online 3rd party online & social media search.

Taunton School is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subsequent amendments. You are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which would otherwise be considered as ‘spent’. All applicants must therefore declare all previous convictions and cautions, including those that would normally be considered "spent", except those that are classed as protected offences.

It is a condition of employment that the employee should not have been convicted of a criminal offence against children, nor have been dismissed from or resigned from a previous employer for misconduct of a similar nature.

Please visit this link to our Recruitment Policies, for more information: Taunton School Policies & Inspection Reports

Closing Date
Applications will be reviewed as received, so early applicants are encouraged.

If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of applying please assume that your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful. Due to numbers of applications received for our roles, we do not provide feedback at this stage.