Blossoms day nursery require an experienced part time or full time Level 3 / 2 Qualified member of staff to work within our Baby Room Nursery Provision with the potential to progress to room leader, we are a small friendly nursery and work very closely as a team to provide a home from home environment rich with learning opportunities for children to learn and develop from babies to school age.
Please see below the job description:
To operate a programme of activities suitable to the age range of children in your specific age range in conjunction with other staff;
To keep a record of achievement on your key children, for parents/carers;
Work with parents/carers of special needs children to give full integration in the Setting;
Support all staff and engage in a good staff team;
Liaise with and support parents/carers and other family members;
To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, fundraising events;
To be flexible within working practices of the Setting. Be prepared to help where needed, including to undertake certain domestic jobs within the Setting, e.g. preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment etc.;
Work alongside the manager and staff team to ensure that the philosophy behind the setting is fulfilled;
Recording accidents and near misses;
Look upon the Setting as a “whole” where can your help be most utilised, be constantly aware of the needs of children;
Ensure child is collected by someone known to Setting;
To respect the confidentiality of information received;
To develop your role within the team especially with regard as a key worker;
Specific Child Care Tasks:
The preparation and completion of activities to suit the child's stage of development;
To ensure that mealtimes are a time of pleasant social sharing;
Washing and changing children as required;
Providing comfort and warmth to an ill child;
To ensure the Setting of a high quality environment to meet the needs of individual children from differing cultures and religious backgrounds, and stages of development;
To be aware of the high profile of the Setting and to uphold its standards at all times.
To actively promote and support the safeguarding of children and young people in the workplace, ensuring Setting policies and procedures are observed at all times.
Hours of operation are 7.30am-6.00pm Monday-Friday, we require a part-time staff or full time staff however hours can possibly be negotiated to suit the right candidate.
All candidates MUST hold a full and relevant level 3/2 qualification, Enhanced DBS check on the update service or be willing to complete this before employment starts and enrol on the update service and hold a clean driving licence.
Immediate start available but not essential.