Cleaner
About this role
Cleaner / Housekeeper
Location: Yarls Wood Immigration Removal Centre, Clapham, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom (MK44 1FD)
Job ID: 307489
Employment Type: Full-Time, Regular
Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours per week (6:00 AM to 4:00 PM)
Salary: £25,769 per annum pro rata + excellent benefits
About Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency
At Supportive Bridge, we connect reliable, hard-working professionals with essential public-sector operations. Partnering with leading facility and service providers, we specialize in placing candidates into stable, rewarding careers where your daily work helps maintain safe, clean, and welcoming environments for everyone.
Role Overview
As a Cleaner / Housekeeper at the Yarls Wood Immigration Removal Centre, you will help create a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for everyone on site. Through high-quality cleaning and maintenance services, your work directly supports the wellbeing, safety, and daily comfort of residents, staff, and visitors.
Key Responsibilities:
General Cleaning: Clean and maintain designated areas including bedrooms, accommodation, offices, medical rooms, kitchens, corridors, storerooms, and communal spaces.
Hygiene Standards: Dust, sweep, vacuum, mop, and sanitise hard surfaces (desks, tables, walls, doors, skirting boards, showers, and toilets).
Specialist Care: Vacuum carpeted areas, carry out basic stain treatments where required, and manage waste disposal areas.
Safety & Compliance: Follow health and safety procedures closely, use cleaning chemicals safely following training, and keep accurate, up-to-date maintenance records.
What We Are Looking For
We welcome candidates from all backgrounds who take pride in a job well done. Your attention to detail and dedication to cleanliness are what matter most.
Requirements:
Core Competencies: Good team-working skills, strong organizational abilities to manage your workload independently, and sharp attention to detail.
Communication: Good spoken and written English communication skills.
Values: A strong understanding of the importance of health, safety, trust, and care in the workplace.
Vetting: Willingness to undergo pre-employment security vetting and checks (note that vetting may take up to three months to complete).
What We Offer You
Leave & Pension: 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays, alongside up to a 6% matched contributory pension scheme.
Training & Progression: Over 1,100 internal training courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager), mentorship, and clear internal progression paths.
Health & Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime Healthline, a wellbeing app, 24/7 virtual GP access, and 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres.
Perks & Support: Access to roughly 1,000 retail discounts, a paid volunteering day, payroll giving schemes, and active employee inclusion networks.
Our Recruitment Process
Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans, and individuals with convictions who meet the minimum criteria are guaranteed an interview under our inclusive hiring commitments.
Ban the Box: We support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions (subject to security exemptions). Reasonable adjustments are provided from interview through employment.