Domestic Assistant

Aldine House is a modern, purpose built secure children’s home for young people (male and female). We are licensed to provide care, education and support to ten children and young people aged between 10 and 18. As a specialist service, we provide a critical first-line child protection and public protection service.

We work with young people who have been placed in secure accommodation either because they are deemed to be too vulnerable to be placed in an open residential placement, they have been sentenced by the courts or they have been placed with us on remand.

We currently have a full-time vacancy for a Domestic Assistant. Working as a Domestic Assistant you will be responsible for maintaining a clean, hygienic and safe environment for our young people, visitors and staff.

You will be an important part of the team that ensures our home is a well maintained, welcoming and comfortable home in which to live and work. You may, on occasion, provide support to the Cooks in the kitchen.

We need an enthusiastic, friendly and motivated individual to ensure day to day delivery is kept to the very highest standards, whilst maintaining excellent customer care.

Applicants must be over 23 years of age to work at Aldine House.

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.