Caretaker

Please Note a current DBS is required for this role.

Key Responsibilities

• To work as part of team in delivering measurable increase in customer satisfaction levels
• To achieve cleaning requirements as set out as in local work programme using appropriate equipment and chemicals in accordance with health and safety guidelines.
• To clean all common parts of a housing estate, in accordance with the local work programme, schedules and frequencies. Methods require, which not exclusively, will include.
• The sweeping and/or washing of all communal staircases. Entrances, foyers/, passages, courtyards. car parks, hard standing areas. Chute chamber rooms and refuse storge rooms.
• The cleaning and/or washing of lift car floors and walls, lamp shades and diffusers, estate signs, stair balustrades, estate furniture and other such communal fixtures and fittings as may be prescribed.
• In accordance with the local work programme, schedules, and frequencies and or as required.
• Remove and cleanly dispose of any overspill in refuse container storage rooms.
• Rotate refuse containers to avoid such overspills as required.
• Check refuse chutes and if possible, clear blockages. If not possible to clear, report to the Neighbourhood Caretaking Team Leader or other appropriate officer.
• Empty and Clean litter Bins
• Remove weeds and other plant material, as required from hard standing areas.
• Litter pick all estate shrubs/rose/flower beds.
• Sweep all hard standing communal areas including car parks playgrounds and drying area.
• Remove graffiti from any estate area within agreed timescales: Abusive/offensive/illegal=24 hours. All other graffiti within 5 working days
• To Liaise with residents, Estate Wardens, and other services in emergency situations
• To ensure that all estate incidents are recorded, and such information provided to the Neighbourhood Caretaking Team Leader
• To ensure all task undertaken are carried out in accordance with Health and Safety guidelines.