Job description
This setting located in Burnham is recruiting for a Nursery Apprentice to join their team.
Days: Monday to Friday (all year round)
Hours: 8am to 5/5.30pm
Start Date: ASAP
Salary: £5.28 gross per hour (if under 18 or if over 18 it will be the current national minimum wage for their age for the first year)
Duties and Responsibilities
1. Assist with the operation programme of activities suitable to the age range of children in your area in conjunction with other staff.
2. Keep a proper record of achievement file on your key children, for parents/carers.
3. Work with parents/carers of special needs children to give full integration in the Setting.
4. Support all staff and engage in a good staff team.
5. Liaise with and support parents/carers and other family members.
6. Be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, staff meetings, fundraising events.
7. Be flexible within working practices of the Setting. Be prepared to help where needed, including undertaking certain domestic jobs within the Setting, e.g. preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment, etc.
8. Work alongside the team to ensure that the philosophy behind the Company's 'mission statement' and 'ethos' is fulfilled.
9. Record accidents correctly. Ensure the manager has initialled the report before the parent receives it.
10. Look upon the Setting as a "whole" where your help can be most utilised, being constantly aware of the needs of children.
11. Ensure child is collected by someone known to the Setting.
12. Respect the confidentiality of information received.
13. Develop your role within the team especially with regard as a key Carer.
14. Specific Child Care Tasks:
1. Prepare and complete activities to suit the child's stage of development.
2. Ensure that mealtimes are a time of pleasant social sharing.
3. Wash and change children as required.
4. Provide comfort and warmth to an ill child.
15. Ensure the Setting has a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children from differing cultures and religious backgrounds, and stages of development.
16. Be aware of the high profile of the Setting and uphold its standards at all times.
17. Actively promote and support the safeguarding of children and young people in the workplace, ensuring Setting policies and procedures are observed at all times.
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