Job Description
Cherryvale Nursery
Nursery Cleaner | Part time, Permanent (20 hours per week, starting at 6.00pm Monday to Friday) | £12.50 per hour
About Us:
Cherryvale was established in May 1998 and is rated Good by Ofsted.The nursery boasts an impressive building which includes 5 different age group rooms, a 0-2’s sensory room, a separate imaginative area, a technology suite for the older children, an on-site kitchen for catering and 2 large separate outdoor spaces for the older and younger children. The Nursery is open from 7:30-18:00 and we are easily commutable to as are close to 2 train station, Ash Vale and North Camp and there are also good bus links close by.
Why Join Us?
At Family First, we deeply value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package to support you in both your professional and personal life:
- Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays.
- Childcare Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for team members.
- Health and Wellbeing: Access to a confidential employee assistance helpline.
- Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth and progression.
- Company Pension: Secure your future with our competitive pension scheme!
- Referral Program: Earn bonuses for bringing great new colleagues into our family!
- Onsite Parking: Access to free onsite Parking
- Company Events: Enjoy team-building activities, social gatherings, and special celebrations!:
As Nursery Cleaner, you will:
- Be responsible for maintaining cleanliness of communal areas, including toilets, to ensure that the nursery environment is safe, clean, tidy, and professional standards are maintained. This includes washing, dusting, polishing, vacuum cleaning, and sweeping as appropriate.
- Taking responsibility for the health and safety of yourself and others, adhering to organisations policies and procedures and having an awareness of safeguarding children.
- Understanding the importance of the nursery environment, resources, safety, and hygiene and adhering to COSSH datasheets for cleaning materials.
As Nursery Cleaner, you will need:
- Previous cleaning experience - essential
- Fluent in written and spoken English - essential.
- Understanding of Health and Safety regulations and COSHH. – desirable
- Understands the importance of safeguarding and site security – desirable.
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.
Cherryvale Nursery is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.
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Why Join Us?
Established in 2019, we are UK’s fastest growing childcare provider and it’s our ambition to grow further by acquiring well run local nurseries that provide outstanding quality childcare and we strive to provide an enjoyable working environment for all our team. Whether you are working in one of our nurseries, or as part of our support team, you’ll feel part of the family. It’s always been like this, it’s in our DNA.
If you love childcare as much as we do, you’ll fit right in. We know that choosing your next career move is a big step, but fear not – our people are our most important asset and we make a big deal when it comes to taking care of you!
What Makes us Different?
From humble beginnings with a very small team, Family First began its journey with just 4 nurseries within London and has grown to 100 nurseries across the UK. Although we have grown, we have stayed true to our values, ensuring the highest possible standard of childcare, with a passion for developing our teams.
Our people are passionate about creating a special environment for all of the children within our care to flourish. Whilst there’s lots of hard work involved, to ensure that all our children are provided with the best possible standard of care, it’s the fact that we all love working with children, believe in what we do and have a lot of fun doing it that really helps us pull together, to create the highest quality of childcare that we’ve become famous for.
It’s the reason that parents choose to trust us with their children; because when you enjoy caring for children and seeing them develop into wonderful young people as much as we do, the feeling to have enriched someone’s early years journey is truly overwhelming.