Nursery Evening Cleaner

Job title: Nursery Cleaner

Reports to: Nursery Manager and Deputy Manager

Purpose of the Post:

• To maintain the highest level of hygiene and cleanliness throughout the nursery premises.
• To implement and promote all Little Hands Daycare policies and procedures.
• To ensure the safety and welfare of children at all times.

Main Duties:

• To adhere to the cleaning schedule, which is to be reviewed and updated as necessary in collaboration with the Company Director, Nursery Manager and Nursery Cleaner
• To ensure the daily thorough cleaning of all nursery rooms including floor coverings, walls, paintwork, windows, etc. in line with the cleaning schedule
• To ensure the daily thorough cleaning of all nursery furniture and equipment in line with the cleaning schedule
• To ensure the daily thorough cleaning of nursery kitchens including equipment such as microwaves, fridges and kitchen cupboards, etc. in line with the cleaning schedule
• To ensure the daily thorough cleaning of child and staff toilet areas in line with the cleaning schedule
• To ensure the daily thorough cleaning of other nursery areas including corridors, hallways, cloakrooms, offices and all other areas of the nursery in line with the cleaning schedule
• To maintain and communicate stock levels for sufficient supplies of domestic consumables eg. paper towels, toilet rolls, liquid soap, cleaning materials in line with the cleaning schedule
• To carry out physical duties required during housekeeping including moving and handling operations
• To carry out any other reasonable duties which may be required dependent upon confirmation of hours worked, for example, laundry duties, snack and lunch preparation
• To ensure all health and safety procedures are adhered by following all setting risk assessments and COSHH forms
• To work as part of a team and contribute positively to that staff team
• To fulfil your role and duties to the highest level and maintain a positive and enthusiastic attitude at all times
• To be confident, hardworking and conscientious at all times, promoting good practice
• To effectively safeguard children, report any concerns and monitor any potential risks by using early intervention methods
• To advise the setting’s management team of any concerns (e.g. over children, parents, the safety of the environment) maintaining confidentiality as necessary and making ongoing accurate records
• To be involved in out of working hours’ activities, e.g. staff training, meetings, events and other CPD opportunities
• To read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role and the safe running of the setting
• To keep any information regarding the children, their families or other staff that is acquired as part of the job completely confidential
• To be aware of the high profile and reputation of the company and to uphold its standards at all times, both inside and outside of work
• To ensure high standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times and on-going risk assessments are carried out
• Undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by the line managers or the management team within your setting

Please note that this list is not exhaustive, and management may add or change these terms throughout your employment with Little Hands Daycare. You will be notified in any of these instances.

Safeguarding commitment

• Little Hands Daycare has a commitment of safeguarding all children, staff and families. All successful candidates will undergo an enhanced DBS check prior to commencing employment with the Company.

At Little Hands Daycare, we have a range of different employment opportunities to give the perfect home-life balance, and scope to enhance your knowledge and skills even further as an early years professional.

Join our well-established team of early years professionals who have a wealth of experience to share. Our aim as an ambitious Company is to continually recruit early years professionals who are passionate about providing children with the very best early years experiences. Ultimately, we are looking for early years professionals who want to make a positive impact on children's learning and development, to enable all children to reach their full potential.

Our nurseries have a real family-feel, and we aspire for our entire team to feel part of the Little Hands 'family'. If you feel you are a like-minded individual who could truly benefit our teams, we would love to hear from you.

Why work for Little Hands Daycare?

'Since working for Little Hands Daycare I have had so many opportunities to develop my professional practice. Just like the children, I feel I am treated as an individual, which helps me to access the training and support that is right for me.' - Staff testimonial (2025)

We have several employee benefits, which include:

• Competitive salaries
• Incentive and bonus schemes
• Performance-based pay
• Additional annual leave for service
• Annual pay-reviews
• An enhanced in-house training programme
• Strong, existing, links with external agencies
• An exceptional reputation in the local community
• An experienced and supportive management team
• Pension scheme
• Free uniform
• 'Professional partner' induction scheme
• Regular opportunities to network with other outstanding-rated nurseries