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Staff Direct is London's specialist cleaner recruitment agency, supplying fully vetted temporary, temp-to-perm and permanent cleaning staff to offices, hotels, schools, hospitals and industrial sites — often with same-day cover.
Request Cleaning StaffLast Updated: 22 July 2026
Cleaner Recruitment Agency in London
If you're a facilities manager, office manager, operations manager or procurement lead searching for a cleaner recruitment agency London businesses actually trust, Staff Direct exists to solve one problem: finding reliable cleaning staff quickly, without the recruitment overhead. As a dedicated cleaning staff agency , we supply commercial cleaners, housekeeping teams and industrial cleaning operatives across Greater London, and we do it on the timescales London businesses actually operate on — including same-day cover.
Whether you need to hire cleaners London -wide for a single site or build a rolling roster of temporary cleaners across a multi-site portfolio, our model is built around flexibility. You tell us the shift pattern, the site type and the standard required; we supply commercial cleaners who've already been vetted, referenced and briefed — so there's no gap between a vacancy and cover.
- London cleaning recruitment specialists — cleaning is the only sector we recruit for on this brand, so our shortlists are deeper and faster than a generalist agency's.
- Temporary staffing — same-day and short-notice cover for sickness, holiday and unplanned absence.
- Permanent recruitment — full search-and-select for long-term cleaning operative, supervisor and manager roles.
- Same-day cover — a live bank of pre-vetted cleaners ready to deploy across London boroughs.
- Fully vetted candidates — Right to Work, references and DBS checks completed before placement.
- Flexible hiring — temporary, temp-to-perm, permanent and contract models to suit your budget and headcount plan.
Why Businesses Choose Staff Direct
Fast Temporary Staffing
Unplanned absence is the single biggest operational risk in commercial cleaning contracts — an empty shift means unclean premises, client complaints, and in regulated settings like healthcare, potential compliance failures. Our emergency cleaners service exists precisely for this: a same day cleaning staff function built on a standing bank of available, referenced operatives across London, rather than a cold search that starts only after you call. As a temporary cleaner agency , speed is the product.
Fully Vetted Cleaning Professionals
Every candidate we place goes through a structured screening pipeline before they're introduced to a client. This isn't a formality — it's the reason clients keep coming back to a vetted cleaners agency rather than hiring off a job board.
| Vetting Stage | What We Check |
|---|---|
| Right to Work | UK right-to-work status verified before any placement |
| References | Previous employer or site-manager references taken up |
| Experience checks | Role history matched against site requirements (COSHH, machinery use, etc.) |
| DBS (where required) | Enhanced/basic DBS arranged for healthcare, education and public-sector sites |
This is why clients describe us as a screened cleaning staff partner rather than a straightforward job-board alternative — the vetting happens before you ever meet a candidate.
Flexible Hiring Options
Not every business wants the same commitment. Our cleaning recruitment model covers four hiring routes, so budget and headcount strategy — not agency limitations — decide the shape of your workforce:
- Temporary — day-rate or weekly cover for absence, peaks in demand, or short contracts.
- Temp-to-perm — trial a cleaner on-site before converting to a direct permanent hire.
- Permanent — full search-and-select recruitment for permanent cleaners , supervisors and cleaning managers.
- Contract — fixed-term staffing tied to a specific project, tenancy or facilities contract.
Cleaning Staff We Supply
Commercial cleaning covers a wide range of environments, each with different compliance, equipment and shift requirements. As a specialist office cleaners , warehouse cleaners and housekeeping recruitment agency, we supply the following roles across London:
Commercial Office Cleaners
Responsibilities: Desk and communal area cleaning, washroom servicing, waste management, floor care.
Typical employers: Corporate offices, business parks, co-working spaces.
Experience required: Entry-level to experienced; training provided for site-specific standards.
Availability: Early-morning, evening and weekend shifts; same-day cover available.
Hotel Housekeeping Staff
Responsibilities: Room turnaround, linen changes, public-area cleaning, stock replenishment.
Typical employers: Hotels, serviced apartments, hospitality groups.
Experience required: Housekeeping experience preferred; hotel-brand training available.
Availability: Daily shifts, peak-season temporary cover.
School Cleaners
Responsibilities: Classroom and hall cleaning, washroom hygiene, term-time deep cleans.
Typical employers: Primary/secondary schools, academies, further education colleges.
Experience required: Enhanced DBS required; education-sector experience an advantage.
Availability: Term-time and holiday deep-clean cover.
Hospital Cleaning Staff
Responsibilities: Clinical and non-clinical area cleaning, infection-control compliant procedures.
Typical employers: NHS trusts, private hospitals, clinics.
Experience required: Healthcare cleaning experience and infection-control training required; DBS mandatory.
Availability: 24/7 shift patterns, rapid short-notice cover.
Retail Cleaning Teams
Responsibilities: Shop-floor cleaning, window/glass care, out-of-hours deep cleans.
Typical employers: Retail chains, shopping centres, high-street stores.
Experience required: Retail-hours flexibility; experience with public-facing environments.
Availability: Early-morning and out-of-hours shifts.
Warehouse Cleaners
Responsibilities: Racking and floor cleaning, dust and debris clearance, yard housekeeping.
Typical employers: Distribution centres, 3PL operators, e-commerce fulfilment sites.
Experience required: Manual handling and warehouse H&S awareness beneficial.
Availability: Day and night shifts across London logistics hubs — see current warehouse recruitment agency in London vacancies.
Industrial Cleaning Operatives
Responsibilities: Machinery and plant-area cleaning, hazardous-area protocols, COSHH-compliant chemical use.
Typical employers: Manufacturing sites, food-production facilities, plant operators.
Experience required: COSHH awareness and industrial cleaning experience required.
Availability: Shift-pattern and project-based cover.
End of Tenancy Cleaners
Responsibilities: Full-property deep clean between tenancies to letting-agent or landlord standard.
Typical employers: Letting agents, property management companies, landlords.
Experience required: Deep-clean experience; attention to inventory-check standards.
Availability: Short-notice, one-off bookings.
Deep Cleaning Teams
Responsibilities: Intensive periodic cleans — carpets, kitchens, washrooms, high-touch surfaces.
Typical employers: Offices, hospitality venues, healthcare settings requiring scheduled deep cleans.
Experience required: Deep-clean and specialist-equipment experience.
Availability: Scheduled and emergency deep-clean bookings.
Facilities Cleaning Staff
Responsibilities: Integrated cleaning support within wider facilities management contracts.
Typical employers: FM providers, multi-site property portfolios.
Experience required: Flexible, multi-site working; FM-sector familiarity an advantage.
Availability: Rolling contract cover across multiple London sites.
Industries We Support
Our business cleaning staff and commercial recruitment service spans every sector that relies on a clean, compliant working environment:
| Industry | Typical Cleaning Need |
|---|---|
| Offices | Daily desk, washroom and communal-area cleaning |
| Healthcare | Infection-control cleaning, DBS-checked staff |
| Hospitality | Housekeeping, turnaround cleaning, deep cleans |
| Education | Term-time cleaning, holiday deep cleans |
| Construction | Site welfare cleaning, end-of-project cleans |
| Retail | Shop-floor and out-of-hours cleaning |
| Logistics | Warehouse and yard housekeeping |
| Public Sector | Compliant cleaning for council and government sites |
Because we recruit exclusively into this cleaning workforce , our shortlists reflect real sector experience — a healthcare-cleaning candidate isn't the same shortlist as a warehouse-cleaning candidate, and treating them as interchangeable is where generalist agencies fall short.
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Current Temporary Cleaning Roles & Pay Rates
A snapshot of the type of temporary cleaning roles currently being filled through Staff Direct across London (indicative rates — confirmed on booking):
| Job Title | Description | Approx. Hourly Rate | Apply |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Cleaner | Evening desk, kitchen and washroom cleaning, Central London office | £12–£13.50 | Apply |
| Hotel Housekeeper | Room turnaround and linen service, 4-star hotel | £13–£14 | Apply |
| School Cleaner | Term-time classroom and hall cleaning, DBS required | £12.80–£13 | Apply |
| Healthcare Cleaner | Infection-control compliant cleaning, private clinic | £13–£15 | Apply |
| Retail Cleaner | Out-of-hours shop-floor cleaning, West End store | £13–£16 | Apply |
| Warehouse Cleaner | Racking and floor cleaning, logistics hub | £12.80–£13.50 | Apply |
| Industrial Cleaning Operative | COSHH-compliant plant-area cleaning, manufacturing site | £13–£15.50 | Apply |
| End of Tenancy Cleaner | Full-property deep clean, landlord/letting-agent standard | £13–£16 | Apply |
| Deep Clean Technician | Scheduled deep cleans, carpets and high-touch surfaces | £13.50–£16 | Apply |
| Facilities Cleaning Assistant | Multi-site FM contract support, rolling cover | £12.60–£13.50 | Apply |
| Cleaning Supervisor | Team lead role overseeing multi-site cleaning teams | £14.50–£17 | Apply |
| Cleaning Manager (Permanent) | Permanent contract managing a multi-site cleaning workforce | £30k–£38k p.a. | Apply |
Rates shown are indicative and vary by site, shift pattern and IR35/PAYE status. Also recruiting: warehouse worker jobs in Birmingham , temporary staff in Manchester , and Staff Direct Leeds .
Quick Answers
Our Recruitment Process
- Understand Requirements: We confirm site type, shift pattern, headcount and any compliance needs (DBS, COSHH, security clearance).
- Candidate Search: We draw from our existing London cleaning bank and active sourcing to build a shortlist matched to your site.
- Screening & Compliance: Right to Work, references, experience checks and DBS (where required) are completed before introduction.
- Interview & Selection: You review shortlisted candidates and select who's placed — we handle scheduling and logistics.
- Placement: The candidate is briefed on-site and starts, with cover confirmed same-day where required.
- Ongoing Support: We manage rota changes, replacement cover and performance feedback for the life of the contract.
This process is what lets us hire cleaners quickly without cutting corners on compliance — the two goals sound like a trade-off, but a standing vetted bank removes that trade-off in practice.
Why Outsource Cleaning Recruitment?
Building and maintaining an in-house cleaning-recruitment function is expensive relative to the size of most cleaning teams. Working with a specialist cleaner staffing agency instead typically delivers:
- Reduced recruitment costs — no job-board spend, no internal recruiter hours spent on a role type outside their core expertise.
- Saved management time — shortlisting, screening and compliance are handled before a candidate reaches you.
- Reduced turnover — better initial matching between candidate and site reduces early leavers.
- Access to a larger talent pool — a standing London cleaning bank reaches candidates most in-house processes never see.
- Better workforce planning — temp-to-perm and contract options let you scale headcount with demand.
- Compliance — Right to Work, DBS and reference checks are managed consistently across every placement.
Case Studies
Case Study: Central London Office Portfolio
Challenge: A facilities management firm managing 14 Central London office sites was experiencing recurring gaps in evening cleaning cover, driven by short-notice sickness absence and high agency-cleaner turnover.
Solution: Staff Direct built a dedicated same-day cover bank of pre-vetted office cleaners specific to the portfolio's sites, briefed in advance on each building's access and standards.
Outcome: Unfilled evening shifts across the portfolio dropped substantially within the first quarter, and the client moved a portion of the temporary roster to temp-to-perm contracts to lock in reliable staff.
Case Study: Private Healthcare Clinic Group
Challenge: A group of private clinics needed DBS-checked, infection-control-trained cleaning staff across multiple sites, with strict compliance documentation required for each placement.
Solution: Staff Direct pre-screened a dedicated healthcare-cleaning shortlist, with DBS and infection-control training verified before any candidate was introduced to the client.
Outcome: The client filled all open cleaning positions across its sites without a single compliance query from its own audit team, and has since converted its temporary cover into a permanent staffing arrangement with Staff Direct.
What Our Clients Say
"Staff Direct filled a same-day cleaner gap for us within a few hours — no other agency we'd used could move that fast without cutting corners on vetting."
— Facilities Manager, Central London office group
"The DBS and reference checks were sorted before candidates even reached us. That alone saved our internal team hours per placement."
— Operations Manager, private healthcare clinic group
"We moved from a generalist agency to Staff Direct for our cleaning roster and turnover dropped almost immediately — the candidates were simply better matched."
— Property Manager, London letting agency
"Temp-to-perm was exactly what we needed — we trialled two cleaners before converting them to permanent staff, no risk on our side."
— Site Manager, London hotel group
Frequently Asked Questions
Same-day cover is available in most cases, drawn from a pre-vetted London cleaning bank.
Yes — permanent, temp-to-perm and contract recruitment are all available alongside temporary cover.
DBS checks are arranged wherever the site requires them, including healthcare, education and public-sector placements.
We supply cleaning staff across Greater London, including Central London, and can support multi-site portfolios.
Offices, healthcare, hospitality, education, construction, retail, logistics and the public sector.
Costs vary by contract type and site requirements; a consultation will confirm rates for your specific need.
Yes — our temp-to-perm route lets you trial a candidate on-site before converting them to a direct hire.
Key Takeaways
- Staff Direct is a specialist cleaner recruitment agency covering all of London, not a generalist staffing provider.
- Same-day temporary cover, temp-to-perm and permanent recruitment are all available under one flexible model.
- Every candidate is vetted — Right to Work, references, and DBS where the site requires it.
- Coverage spans offices, healthcare, hospitality, education, construction, retail, logistics and the public sector.
- Outsourcing cleaning recruitment typically reduces cost, turnover and internal management time versus hiring directly.
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