Cleaner - HMP Altcourse

Main Responsibilities

CLEANER

HM Prison Altcourse, Fazakerley, Liverpool

Salary: £7.83 per hour

Full Time (40 hours per week Monday - Friday)

As the world’s leading security solutions group with operations in over 120 countries and more than 625,000 employees worldwide, G4S is a truly unique company. We’re bigger, more diverse and involved in more fascinating, cutting-edge projects than many people would imagine and we now have an opportunity for a full-time Cleaner to join our team at HMP Altcourse, a category B local prison, in Fazakerly Liverpool, holding over 1200 adult male offenders.

The successful candidate will ensure that the areas within the site are kept to the required levels of cleanliness.

• On arrival, to report for duty in full uniform for the normal work routines.
• To carry out all cleaning assigned, making full use of guidance and training given, using checklists provided.
• Ensure all necessary equipment is collected before starting work.
• Use all materials and consumables in accordance with laid down practices ensuring the economic use of resources.
• Collection, segregation and disposal of waste materials, replacement of liners, in accordance with policies.
• Undertake manual and mechanical cleaning activities in accordance with the cleaning schedule.
• Comply with methods of cleaning required for areas.
• Ensure that all cleaning schedules are completed and checked on a daily basis.
• Refilling of all dispensers including soap, hand towels, toilet rolls and all paper rolls
• Check and observe cleaning to be carried out in accordance with schedule.
• Work safely at all times giving due consideration to themselves and others.
• Must use the appropriate work equipment and PPE provided report safety deficiencies and accidents through line manager.
• Carry out all related duties as may be allocated by the Supervisor.
• Check equipment for faults and notify the relevant person
• Ensure all equipment is cleaned and correctly stored after us
• Attend both internal and external training courses as required.
• Carry out any other reasonable duties as requested by Management.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential Requirements

• Excellent ability to follow instructions
• Ability to work as a team
• Good interpersonal skills
• Customer service skills relevant to customer and consumer contact
• Measured movement speed

At G4S, the philosophy of our prisons is to rehabilitate offenders and equip them to re-integrate into mainstream society on release. We seek to normalise prison conditions as far as possible to reflect life in the outside community. Our aim is to create an environment in which staff and prisoners feel safe and causes of prison stress are minimised. Central to our philosophy is the relationship between staff and prisoners. Our training and operational practices emphasise the need to treat prisoners with dignity and respect and G4S staff build positive and supportive relationships with the prisoners in their care. We are seeking to recruit a caring, pro-active and confident professional to help make a real difference to their lives.

If you join us, you can be sure that you’ll find a secure, friendly and professional working environment and be given all the support, training and encouragement you need to build and develop a successful career with us. Our benefits are as you would expect from a large global organisation and include a company pension, comprehensive training, career development, generous holiday entitlement, uniform and access to our on-site gym.

Please note that these vacancies are subject to a 5 year checkable history and the strict vetting standards set by G4S and the Secretary of State for the Home Office and are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

You must be eligible to work in the UK and must have been resident in the UK for a minimum period of 5 years. You will also need to provide full details of your employment and education history for the last 10 years as part of the security screening process for this role.