Nursery Housekeeper

**Nursery Housekeeper Full Time**

Are you a housekeeper looking for to work as part of a well-established, happy & enthusiastic team?

Once Upon a Time Daycare are seeking a person to assist in keeping our nursery clean and operating effectively, as well as providing additional cover for our nursery teams looking after the children during busy periods.

**Hours - **40 hours over 5 days

Flexible working between nursery open hours of 7am and 7pm.

**Start Date** - Open until filled.

**Location - **863 Ecclesall Road, S11 8TJ

**Qualification **- Familiarity with COSHH regulations is desirable.

**Salary**
Housekeeper and Nursery Assistant - £11 per hour

**Responsible to** - Nursery Management

**Housekeeper role**

Our nursery is spacious and full of activity and our housekeepers are key to keeping them running smoothly and efficiently. As a housekeeper your role will include the following activities
- Regularly cleaning surfaces and touch points to maintain good hygiene.
- Deep cleaning toys, resources and storage areas
- Ensuring good H&S practice by storing and using materials safely.
- Working with the staff team to a plan cleaning routine around keeping the children safe.
- Helping with organisation
- Cleanliness of the garden spaces
- Helping to keep on top of laundry.

**Nursery Assistant role (may include lunchtime Cover)**

Our lunch cover nursery assistants support our teams by helping look after the children when staff need to leave the room. This includes cover during the lunchtime period and also events, such as planning meetings, or covering absences.

As a lunchtime assistant your role will include
- Supervising and engaging with the children for various periods during the nursery day, including throughout the lunchtime period.
- Supporting with the serving of the food, complying with dietary requirements and food hygiene standards.
- Supporting with the setting up, clearing up and cleaning up for the meal
- Additionally helping out around snack times when on duty

**Training and other information**

Training will be provided where necessary through the Safeguarding Sheffield Children website.

There are public transport routes to the setting if you are not a driver.

Please be aware that this can be a physically demanding role.

We expect high levels of professionalism from our staff.

Good levels of interpersonal communication are necessary when working with other staff to plan cleaning routines around the children and the arrangements for the day.

**Safeguarding**

Once Upon a Time Daycare is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applicants must be able to provide evidence of having the right to live and work in the UK and must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and DBS and barred lists checks.

**Benefits**

Yearly review salary
Bonus annual leave for long service

Additional annual leave for your birthday

Closed between Christmas and New Year

Sick pay (t&c’s apply)

£100 training development fund annually
We support both inhouse and external training.

Free childcare for 35+ hours over 5 days
We promote and support many internal career opportunities
Refer a friend scheme
There is free parking on our site
Our staff can join pension scheme.

For more information about working for Once Upon a Time Daycare please visit our website and see our Careers page

**Job Type**: Full time
Part-time hours: 40 hours per week

**Salary**: £11 per hour.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £11.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Childcare
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Supplemental pay types:

- Loyalty bonus
- Performance bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Sheffield: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Cleaning/Housekeeping: 1 year (required)

**Language**:

- English (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (preferred)

Work Location: In person