School Program Caretaker in Calgary

Hull Services has an organizational commitment to pursuing truth and reconciliation, decolonization and anti-oppression.

About Us

Hull Services has long had a reputation for providing leading edge child, youth, and family mental health services.

We work with children, youth and families who have experienced mental health struggles, behavioural problems, developmental delay, neglect, abuse and trauma.

Hull offers them an opportunity to seek well-being and happiness, with a focus on mental health.

Hull's vision is for resilient young people and families to thrive within communities that support their mental health and well-being.

Hull's programs and services include prevention and early intervention, family-based treatment, school-based services, community group care, campus-based care, adult services and education and training.

Located in Calgary, we have been serving Alberta's young people and families for 60 years, and support over 8,000 young people and families each year.

William Roper Hull School is operated as a partnership between the Calgary Board of Education and Hull Services.

This position is employed by the Hull Services agency to work at the William Roper Hull School program.

Hull School offers highly specialized and individualized programs that focus on development of academic and vocational skills for students with behavioural, emotional, social and mental health challenges.

Our program offers a therapeutic school setting that meets the academic and treatment needs of individual students ranging from grades 1 to 12.

Our goal is to use a trauma-informed and strength-based model to help students achieve success in both their behaviour and academic programs.

The Position

We are looking for a temporary full-time School Caretaker until the end of the current academic term.

This is a temporary position ending June 2027 with a possibility of becoming a permanent position.

The position is based on a 40-hour work week.

The work hours are 1:00 p. m. – 9:00 p. m., Monday to Friday with additional availability during school operating hours (8:00 a. m – 4:00 p. m) as needed.

The School Caretaker is accountable directly to Hull Services program leadership and works in close cooperation with the maintenance department in maintaining the school's physical facility.

Duties and Responsibilities

Establish and maintain efficient schedules and routines to ensure a clean, healthy environment for students and staff. Such routines include:

• The cleaning, dusting, vacuuming, etc., of all classrooms, hallways, washrooms, shops and administrative areas on a daily basis.
• Regularly scheduled cleaning and maintenance of floors, carpets, glass, and furniture.
• Attend to the daily security of the school building.
• Coordinate the effective operation of the building mechanical systems and electrical systems when needed.

Coordinate and participate with the agency's maintenance department regarding activities such as:

• Landscape and snow removal.
• Major and/or minor building or equipment repair or renovation.

Facilitate the work of program leadership and program staff regarding

• Movement of furniture and equipment.
• Shipping and receiving of goods and furniture.
• Requisition and maintaining cleaning supplies and equipment necessary for the proper maintenance of the school program.
• Directly schedule and supervise the work of the School Housekeeper.
• Maintain effective working relationships with school program staff and students, and with personnel of the agency's maintenance program.
• Assist the agency's maintenance department in the execution of their duties as agreed upon by the maintenance lead and program leadership.
• Other related duties as assigned by program leadership.

Qualifications and Skills

• Two to three years of custodial experience (experience in therapeuticcampus-basedsettings, group homes and school environments preferred).
• Knowledge of cleaning and hygiene standards, cleaning supplies and methods.
• Ability to successfully work in a team environment as well as independently with minimal supervision.
• Relevant maintenance experience including a working knowledge of carpentry, plumbing, and minor electrical work is an asset.
• Personal suitability.
• A Police Information Check isrequired(or is in process of being completed) prior to employment.
• A Child Intervention Record Check(or is in process of being completed) prior to employment.
• Reliable transportation, valid driver's license and ability to drive Agency vehicles is preferred (min. 3 years driving experience with a class 5/GDL class 5 license).

Other working conditions: the role requires moderate to heavy physical activity including lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing ladders, working at heights, kneeling, crouching, and exposure to varying indoor and outdoor weather conditions.

The application deadline is November 6, 2026.

At Hull, one of our core values is Inclusion and we seek to understand people's lived experience, holding a deep respect for their unique backgrounds, ethnicities, abilities, cultures and identities.

It is our desire to humbly build trust and mutual respect with the people we serve who have often been marginalized and oppressed for their differences.

To achieve this, Hull seeks open, self-aware individuals who reflect the diversity of those we serve and can help us build a safe, healthy, inclusive culture.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, place of origin, religious beliefs, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, mental disability, marital status, family status, or sexual orientation.