Cleaner Caretaker

Organisation: Derby Homes

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Milestone House, Derby

TO APPLY FOR THIS VACANCY, YOU MUST DO SO THROUGH THE DERBY HOMES WEBSITE, BY CREATING AN ACCOUNT USING THE “APPLY ONLINE” LINK.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Cleaner/Caretaker at Milestone House, the emergency accommodation for Homeless People. This role is essential in ensuring that Milestone House remains a safe, clean and well-maintained environment for customers, staff and visitors. We are looking for someone with the ability to work sensitively and respectfully within a service supporting vulnerable individuals. Highly motivated with lots of energy and enthusiasm, you will have good communication skills and be able to build a rapport with customers and colleagues. An ability to empathise is essential along with a ‘can-do’ attitude. Working alongside a dedicated and passionate support team your attention to detail and the ability to work on your own initiative is a must. The post does include some weekend working. Does this sound like you? then please apply.

Derby Homes has a national reputation for its excellent services which we know are down to our valued workforce. In return for their hard work we strive to be an employer of choice. We have a range of excellent terms and conditions, including flexible working, work life balance, local government pension scheme, employee health initiatives and green travel options.

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Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.

Job description

Person specification

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility. We are also proud to have Derbyshire LGBT+ Rainbow Partnership Accreditation and encourage applications from candidates of all genders.

We are a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.

We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.

Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.

If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/

The closing date for this vacancy is Wednesday 28th October 2026 at midnight. Any application forms received after the closing date will not be accepted.

If you have been selected for interview you will hear from us prior to the interview date. Interviews will be held week commencing 16th November 2026.