For many, work represents more than just a pay check - it’s an avenue for social connection, physical activity, and mental stimulation.
If you're someone who isn’t quite ready to stop working, or you’ve recently retired but feel there’s still more you’d like to give, a school caretaker role could be your next step.
School caretaker roles, as offered by TIB Services, bring a new sense of purpose, social connection, and the chance to make a positive impact on the lives of children and school staff.
Find out more visit https://tibservices.co.uk/find-rewarding-work
If you're someone who isn’t quite ready to stop working, or you’ve recently retired but feel there’s still more you’d like to give, a school caretaker role could be your next step.
School caretaker roles, as offered by TIB Services, bring a new sense of purpose, social connection, and the chance to make a positive impact on the lives of children and school staff.
Find out more visit https://tibservices.co.uk/find-rewarding-work
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00:00The office team at TIB are amazing. Their communication is excellent. Whenever I'm
00:10available for a new job they always come up with opportunities for me. They also come back with
00:17feedback from the schools so if they've had some really good feedback, which I've only ever had
00:22good feedback, they always come with those sound bites for me and tell me how well I've done and
00:26how pleased the school is. I was very impressed by the professional way in which TIB interviewed me
00:35initially, taking me through the online training and the DBS checks in particular. TIB is the only
00:43agency which specialises in recruiting site staff for schools, filling caretaker, site manager, site
00:49supervisor, premises officer and all of the other related estates roles. We look for candidates
00:54from very specific professional backgrounds. They're mainly mature candidates with very strong
00:59transferable skills so we look for people from the emergency services, people from the military,
01:03engineering and trade backgrounds. So I originally applied to join TIB services and retired from the
01:10police, I'd retired from local government but I really wanted to get back to using my practical
01:14skills that I had and I thought I'd be able to use those to put them to good use in schools. I'd seen
01:18an advertisement about TIB services and felt that I had the sort of skill set that was required for
01:23that. So I did apply. So during the recruitment process TIB became aware that in my previous life
01:29I'd been involved in interviewing with the local government and also had a safeguarding background
01:34so I was asked if I would be interested in joining the interview team to interview candidates which I was
01:40quite excited about because I enjoy talking to people. The things that make good caretakers and site
01:47staff are the can-do attitude, you've got to be willing to help at a moment's notice,
01:54sometimes not all the time but and be proactive as well. I was interested in this particular the TIB
02:00system because it has a jump in jump out attitude so I can continue doing some of my gardening which I
02:08enjoy doing but I did want to cut down. The training that is given online is very easy to follow,
02:14very comprehensive, gives you a good background so when you go into the schools you've got that
02:20background knowledge which is also important. Well working for TIB is actually an ideal position
02:25really because it is flexible enough for me to be able to do what I would normally want to do during
02:30the day. I've got grandchildren so I do the school run with them, I walk their dog. I want to be able to
02:36do that if I was still in full-time employment. For a company like TIB to offer me a position that is as
02:40flexible as this, I couldn't walk for more. But equally I was learning on the job, people were
02:45quite happy to show me things that I didn't know, everybody has to do something once in their life
02:51and as long as you're flexible to pick things up nice and quickly then it seems to be the way to go.
02:57Yeah I would recommend a friend to join TIB services for two reasons really, one is that it's a great
03:03environment to work in within a school but secondly as a company TIB provide a really good supportive
03:08environment for the operatives to work in. I would recommend working with TIB, they take any stress
03:15out of things it's easy and they are looking for work for you, they are looking for you.