Start Well Centre Assistant (Caretaking)

Grade C SCP 4 £25,185- SCP 6 £25,989 plus Essential Car User Allowance up to £963pa
Contract: 3x Permanent 18.5 hour per week: 2x posts working 7am 10:43am; and 1x posts working 2:30pm 6:13pm with some later opening times up until 9pm on a shared shift rota and some Saturday working on a shared rota
Essential Requirement: DBS, Driving license.
Interview date: 23 April 2026 at Alexandra Best Start Family Hub
For further information about this role, contact Dez Miller dez.miller@bolton.gov.uk

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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The Role
Working as part of a team you will provide the facilities management for the Best Start Family Hubs across the borough, in line with the Council’s standard operating procedures.
You will be responsible for the maintenance of site security, opening and closing buildings and ensuring all facilities in and around the buildings are in excellent condition, safe, secure and clean at all times, and that all equipment is maintained, and resources are available.
Duties include:
General repairs and maintenance, including basic joinery, painting and decorating.
Manual handling of equipment and resources.
General upkeep of the building, including cleaning and grounds maintenance.
Preparing and tidying rooms before and after activities for children and families.
Reporting any maintenance issues to the relevant department.
Undertake fire safety and general health and safety checks to the building.
An essential car user allowance is payable as boroughwide travel across centres is required.
You will work as part of a rota, so a flexible approach to work is essential. 2x 18.5 hour posts working 7am 10:43am; and 1x 18.5 hour posts working 2:30pm 6:13pm with some later opening times up until 9pm on a shared shift rota and Saturday working/on-call on a shared rota. We are happy to accept candidates who wish to take up two part-time vacancies to work the equivalent of full-time across two part-time contracts.

You will specifically provide cover across our network of eight Best Start Family Hubs, so a willingness to travel across the borough is essential.

You can also meet us at the Bolton Council Recruitment Event on 31 March, between10am and 1pm at Great Lever Best Start Family Hub (Leonard Street, Bolton, BL3 3AP) where you can explore wider Council vacancies and speak directly with colleagues from the Start Well and Family Hub Service about this role.

About You
You will have a flexible approach to responding to the needs of the service and be able to provide the facilities management for service buildings to ensure they provide a safe and healthy environment for all service users.
You will be organised and committed to ensuring Bolton Family Hubs provide the best possible facilities to our children and families.
You will work flexibly as a part of a team, providing cover at other centres as and when required, and assisting staff and services users in a professional manner which reflects the values of the Council.

About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.
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Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance - this post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Employment offers are conditional subject to satisfactory clearances. For roles where a criminal records check from the DBS is required, this includes satisfactory clearance of this check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily bar an individual from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of an individual’s offence/s. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here. Bolton Council’s policy on the Employment of Ex-Offenders is available here.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk