Nursery Housekeeper & Childcare Support (Training Provided)

Location: Noddy's Nursery School, 2 Gwendolen Avenue, London, SW15 6EH

Salary: £25,600 basic + £400 performance related bonus = £26,000

Hours: 40 hours per week, 8:30am - 5:30pm

Please note that the company does not offer sponsorship and this is an onsite position, therefore candidates must have the right to work in the UK and be a commutable distance from the school to be considered.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Ensure that you understand the standards and philosophy of the nursery and project them at all times to parents and other staff members.
• Ensure you are aware of the mission and aims of Noddy's nursery school and project these in your role.
• Maintain high personal hygiene standards and use appropriate gloves and protective clothing, remembering to wash your hands thoroughly and regularly throughout the day.
• Answer front door and greet parents; question people trying to enter the building. Sign in any visitors and ensure they are not left unattended.
• Wash all laundry within the nursery and dry appropriately, including bed linen, tea towels, cushion covers, animal tabards, dressing up clothes, dolls clothes, cleaners cloths, and sterilise all main nursery/baby room toys using the rota.
• Put away all linen, toys, and equipment washed in the assigned storage areas.
• Daily Routine:
• Prepare and sterilise baby's bottles/cups and distribute correctly as advised by the managers.
• Clear away all snack trays once used, wash up and put away.
• Wipe down and put away placemats.
• Set out rooms with chairs.
• Take all meals, snacks, and drinks into classrooms from the kitchen.
• Clear away all plates, bowls, cutlery, bibs, and cups after every meal.
• Load dishwasher and wash up items that do not go in the dishwasher.
• Clear and clean tables and chairs and stack appropriately.
• Sweep and mop the floor where required.
• Mop floor in milk kitchen/kitchen at the end of each day or as required throughout the day.
• Support chef throughout the day, keeping kitchen tidy and ensuring that your section is finished.
• Assist with ensuring that children with allergies are given their correct allergy-free meals.
• Ensure that staff room fridges are kept clean throughout the week and emptied at the end of every week.
• Children:
• Help the children within the nursery environment, e.g., putting on coats, wiping noses.
• Assist with the children under the direction of the managers.
• Assist with the preparation of breakfast, lunch, and tea, asking staff where they need support and using your initiative.
• Help supervise the children during mealtimes, promoting table manners.
• Collect meals from the chef and help serve the children, communicating with staff effectively and acknowledging all dietary requirements and allergies.
• Prepare each room's snacks by following the snack rota.
• Have excellent knowledge of specific allergies/preferences within the nursery.
• Carry out any other reasonable management request.

The above is a guideline to the day-to-day duties of the housekeeper and it is not an exhaustive list and may be reviewed.

Benefits

• Holiday - 24 or 25 days per year + 8 bank holidays - 33 days a year in total.
• Extra holiday accrued through loyalty - 1 extra day per year and per promotion.
• Full training provided including paediatric first aid, hundreds of online courses, support to upskill in certain areas such as special educational needs (SEN), child development, manager training courses etc.
• Cycle To Work Scheme.

Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of Nursery Assistant, School Caretaker, Childcare Support Worker, Domestic Assistant, School Cleaner, or Catering Assistant may also be considered.