(Available for a minimum of 2 days per week (Mon-Fri), 8-10 hours per day between 7am-11pm)
Location: Blackheath - SE3
This role will be key in delivering high quality care and experiences for all children and their families. Ensuring the highest level of supervision is maintained, promoting safety and wellbeing. You must maintain “keeping everyone safe” policies and procedures. Working to our HEART Principles to deliver exceptional care.
Why Bright Horizons?
We’ve been voted Great Place to Work for since 2006, as well as being awarded the newly created Great Place for Wellbeing and Great Place for Women in 2024. We’re on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing.
What We Can Offer You:
Our benefits include, but are not limited to:
1. Employee discounts, ranging from high-street, cinema, restaurants and much more!
2. Employee Appreciation weeks
3. Access to our extensive library of training programmes which will support your continuous development
What You’ll Be Doing:
1. Supporting Bright Horizons clients by providing care for children on an ad-hoc basis
2. Working with children across a variety of age ranges in educational play and delivering a range of activities to support their individual development
3. Supervising the children throughout the day, ensuring their safety and wellbeing are paramount
4. Always promoting and implementing our Bright Horizons policies and procedures
What We Are Looking For:
1. Experienced in childcare with the experience to care for children of all ages
2. Early Years Qualification* along with professional UK experience working with children
3. Exceptional communication skills at all levels
4. Thorough understanding of child protection and the safeguarding of children
5. Flexible and dynamic approach with the ability to work with a variety of families
*Qualifications / Experience Needed:
1. Unqualified Candidates need a minimum of 2 years childcare experience
2. Level 2 Childcare qualified - minimum of 18 months childcare experience
3. Level 3 Childcare qualified (or above) - minimum of 1 year’s childcare experience
Bright Horizons are committed to creating inclusive environments where everyone has a sense of belonging and has the opportunity to contribute and thrive in meaningful and impactful ways. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants. If you share our passion, values, and have most of the skills listed, we encourage you to apply – as you may be just what we are looking for! Please note, due to our sector all roles are subject to an Enhanced DBS. Some of our roles require specific qualifications by law, this will be highlighted as essential within the advert.
We look forward to receiving your application!
If you experience any problems, please email europe.recruitment@brighthorizons.com and we will be happy to help.
About Us
At Bright Horizons, our culture is built on our commitment to Keeping Everyone Safe and providing world-class care and education, delivered by a world-class workforce. We believe our people’s potential is endless and with this in mind, we aspire to create an environment where our colleagues can thrive and accomplish the things they thought impossible.
Bright Horizons has been recognised as a Great Place to Work by our employees and the Great Place to Work Institute for the last 13 years. We care passionately about what we do, and our HEART values and principles help us support one another in the work that we do each day. These are quite literally at the HEART of our organisation’s ethos and culture as it helps us to provide a working environment that supports professionalism, growth and diversity.
We are passionate about our people’s ongoing learning and development. Our learning and leading with HEART framework supports each Bright Horizons colleague on the first steps of their leadership journey, whether that includes our 'World-Class Welcome' induction or our extensive ongoing training programme. Either way we want you to feel valued and invested in!
Celebrating in the accomplishments of our people is an essential part of our culture. We believe in the power of “thank you” and throughout the year, in ways big and small, formal and informal, we show our appreciation for employees at all levels. We have many ways to acknowledge and celebrate our people, including our very popular “employee appreciation month”. This is a chance for everyone to share their gratitude to one another, across the whole company. Whether it is a “thank you” placed on our website, a chocolate pizza, team lunch or an ice cream van visit, it is our way of showing each other we care and appreciate everything we do. Each year, we have our annual 'Awards of Excellence' events; whether you are an award winner or cheering on a fellow team member, these formal award occasions are opportunities to come together and celebrate one another.
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