Cleaner - Nursery

**What's involved with this role:
**Job Ref: Slough RQ1253432
**Enhanced DBS disclosure required**

Carry out cleaning tasks and to assist with the preparation and service of meals. Working in a nursery setting.

Key Responsibilities:

- Carry out cleaning tasks as required, including vacuuming, cleaning internal surfaces, floors, toilets and nappy changing areas.
- Organise the purchase and storage of cleaning and laundry materials and the essential stock items required for the utility, toilet and nappy changing areas.
- Take responsibility for the tidiness and organisation of the utility area.
- Maintain high standards of hygiene and safety, ensuring that relevant regulations are followed.
- Assist the Cook with the preparation and service of meals.
- Uphold the setting’s policies on equalities and inclusion.
- Implement any other of the setting’s policies and procedures as relevant to the post, ensuring that the day care standards are met and records are kept as required.
- Attend planning and staff meetings as required.
- Work in any of the service’s Children’s Centres and early years settings as required.
- Undertake any other duties which may become necessary to ensure the successful running of the setting.

**To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF.**

**If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additiona**l **information for clarity.**

Other “Essential Requirements” - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
**Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.**

Qualifications:

- A foundation certificate in food safety

Knowledge:

- Knowledge of current issues in health and safety legislation in relation to housekeeping and catering duties
- Knowledge of the practices involved in housekeeping duties
- An understanding of the principals and practices of food preparation in relation to preparing meals for children

**Experience**:

- Experience of cleaning tasks

Skills & Abilities:

- Good listening, literacy and verbal skills
- Ability to implement appropriate operational policies and procedures, in line with health and safety regulations and other legislation
- Ability to use linen, cleaning materials, housekeeping equipment and catering items cost-effectively in order to contain expenditure
- Ability to work flexibly, including evenings and at breakfast times, and on a small number of occasions at weekends

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**Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please