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Our Values

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.

Our Values are:

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all, and is free from discrimination and bias.

Integrated Community Equipment Service is a joint service with Coventry City Council and NHS/Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust. We provide a service in supplying various items of equipment to residents of Coventry to enable and support them with daily independent living. To support and facilitate hospital discharges and prevention, working alongside various professions across the city. These can be Occupational Therapists, Physio Therapists, District Nurses, Social Workers, Doctors or Specialist Therapists.

What is the job role?

The cleaner/store person will work within the integrated community equipment service to process disability equipment which is delivered to and returned back from the community. The role includes the decontamination of equipment that is returned from the community through manual cleaning or use of the cleaning machines. Equipment returned to the service can range from small aids to large pieces of equipment which must be taken apart before cleaning and then reassembled once dry and ready for bagging.

The cleaner/store person will also work in the warehouse to process equipment that is either delivered to the service from external suppliers or is collected from the service by those who have ordered it. Therefore the role includes the assembly, bagging and storing of equipment as well as picking equipment from various locations around the warehouse. They will also identify equipment that is scrap, or requires maintenance, and will complete some tasks in maintenance to enable to the service to recycle equipment for reuse.

The cleaner/store person will need to follow policies and procedures to ensure health and safety and the smooth running of processes that are in place.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.

Who are we looking for?

The successful candidate will ideally have experience of working within a warehouse environment and working within a team. Good communication is essential as you will be communicating with various colleagues and members of the public.

The successful candidate will be assembling , taking apart and transferring equipment from one place to another within the warehouse and decontamination areas. You will also clean equipment both manually and via use of machinery. Such tasks require good manual handling knowledge and skills and the ability to follow health and safety policies and procedures.

Basic computer, numeracy and literacy skills are required.

The nature of the role can be manually tasking and in a busy environment. Therefore the ability to work off your own initiative is required.

previous applicants need not apply.

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies