Job Description

Job purpose

The Cleaner is responsible for keeping the nursery clean and hygienic.

KEY WORK AREAS

Working autonomously outside nursery opening hours to ensure the nursery is clean, presentable and hygienic, ready for the children arriving the next morning. Telling the Nursery Manager when cleaning products need to be ordered. Contributing to basic maintenance and care of equipment and appliances.

Infection Control

Ensuring correct cloths and mops are used. Using approved cleaning agents when carrying out cleaning, washing and polishing duties.

Whole Nursery

Responsible for:

Sweeping and mopping all floors using warm water and floor cleaner (not bleach) Emptying any bins that have not been emptied, clean bin lids when required. Responding to any particular requests by staff should they require additional/specific cleaning for a certain area within an agreed time frame. Ensuring all moveable furniture is moved and swept under and replaced on a weekly basis. Hoovering all carpeted areas and any rugs that are left out. Hoover bags should be replaced when needed and ordered when required. Dusting TV monitors, telephones, windowsills, door and window faces and shelves regularly.

Toilets

Responsible for:

Cleaning all toilets and sinks every night. Disabled toilets - area where hand rails are should be cleaned and dusted regularly. Wiping down toilet doors and walls where needed. Wiping down all pipe work behind and under sinks and toilets, including mirrors behind sinks, hand soap containers, hand dryers, paying special attention underneath the hand driers. Cleaning of fans in bathrooms/ nappy changing rooms, weekly

Playrooms

Windows, sills, walls and skirtings should be cleaned regularly. Doors within nursery with glass panels should also be cleaned regularly.

Staffroom

These should be cleaned by staff, but at weekends the cleaner should wash out the microwave and all surfaces. The fridge should be cleaned out monthly by the Cleaner. Staff should be warned beforehand when this is going to happen.

Other

To ensure that all aspects of the Nursery business are kept strictly Confidential Adapting, responding or providing innovating working practices to meet changing demands or priorities.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 10.50-12.50 per hour

Benefits:

Casual dress Childcare Company pension Employee discount Enhanced maternity leave Enhanced paternity leave Flexitime Free parking On-site parking Sick pay
Work Location: In person