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Nursery Assistant - Unqualified

GBP23,795 , Permanent

Posted: 8 months ago

Family First Nurseries

Description:

Do you have a passion for working with children? Do you want start a career working in Early Years? Explore our Nursery Assistant vacancy below!

Coton Day Nursey rated Good by Ofsted providing care for children from 3 months - 5 years are seeking a Nursery Assistant to come and join the team.

Within this role you will be responsible for a designated group of children as a key person and will guide the children through the daily routine, liaise with parents and provide an enabling environment.

This role is working 40 hours per week, various shifts patterns between the opening and closing times of the nursery 7:30am-18:00pm. This nursery is open all year round and is not a term time only role. You will need to have childcare experience but formal qualifications are not required. Salary starting from £23,795.20 per annum depending on qualifications and experience.

As Nursery Assistant, you will:

Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all times

Understand the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS and staff: child ratios

Provide engaging and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development

Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent

Observe and support children's development, update the EyLog system and children's learning journals with accuracy and relevance, and seek guidance from colleagues or Room Leader if in doubt

Provide the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development

Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

As Nursery Assistant, you will need:

Undertaking a full and relevant Level 2 or Level 3 childcare qualification - desirable

Fluent in written and spoken English - essential

Over 6 months experience of working in Early Years - essential

Knowledge of the Statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements - desirable

We're a family by name, and we're a family by nature too. We are defined in many different ways, by many different people. Different cultures. Different ideas. Different ages, genders and skillsets. Whilst every individual will have their own definition of family, these definitions all come together to show Family First for who we are.

We are: Defined by Family

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.

Coton Day 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.

Benefits

Family First benefits include annual leave starting at 24 days on top of a paid birthday day off and bank holidays. On top of this we have discounted nursery fees for all our teams, friends and family, access to a discount/perks platform with exceptional learning & development opportunities tailored to you.

All perks are pro-rota for part time staff and subject to successful completion of probationary period. These perks may be subject to further conditions and can be withdrawn or reviewed at the discretion of the company.
Posted via: eyrecruit

Job Details

Job Ref: 2773973284

Hours: Full Time

Location: Hardwick, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Working Terms: Permanent

Salary: GBP23,795