Reading, United Kingdom

Estate Services Cleaner

 Job Description:

We are working closely with Southern Housing to assist with the appointment of an Estate Services Cleaner, on a 3-months contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £12.71- £16.43 per hour

Summary:

Southern Housing is seeking a hardworking and reliable Estate Services Cleaner to join our Assets & Sustainability directorate. Reporting through the Estate Services team, you will be responsible for maintaining the cleanliness, safety, and visual appeal of our residential estates.This is a physically demanding manual labour role that serves as the "face" of our service, ensuring that communal areas, walkways, and open spaces are kept to a high standard. Your work directly contributes to the well-being of our residents and the sustainability of our community assets.

Responsibilities:

  • Carry out thorough cleaning of internal communal areas, including lobbies, stairwells, hallways, and lifts, ensuring they are free of dust, litter, and debris.
  • Ensure the safe use and storage of cleaning chemicals in strict accordance with COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) regulations.
  • Maintain cleaning tools and machinery in good working order, reporting any defects immediately.
  • Maintain cleaning tools and machinery in good working order, reporting any defects immediately.
  • Identify and report repairs, communal lighting failures, or safety hazards (such as tripped carpets or fire risks) to the Estate Services Supervisor.

Essentials:

  • Prior experience in a cleaning, caretaking, or manual labour role—ideally within a social housing or facilities management environment.
  • Basic knowledge of health and safety practices, particularly manual handling and COSHH.
  • A full UK driving license is preferred (and may be essential depending on the specific patch/route assigned).

Please note:

  • You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
  • You should have right to work in U.K

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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