Introduction

To be a proactive member of a staff team who provide a safe, stimulating and inclusive environment in which babies and young children are supported and encouraged to achieve their full potential, and to offer full and practical support in the day to day running of the nursery.

About the Employer

We are a nursery and preparatory school for babies and children aged one to seven years, with an emphasis on high quality care and development. You need to be passionate about working with children in a setting where listening and communication skills are paramount

What You'll Do

Duties and Responsibilities:

To understand and respect the need for consistency of care for the children - report for duty on time
To assist in providing a safe, supportive and caring environment for young children in the care of Pre School Playhouse; to ensure that all aspects of each individual child’s development are given full consideration
To ensure that clean and hygienic standards are maintained at all times. This includes daily cleaning rotas, nappy changing and other nursery/housekeeping duties (i.e. laundry/bedding)
To maintain and follow all Health and Safety policies and procedures at all times
To develop a thorough knowledge of all of the company’s operational policies and procedures; ensuring that they are followed and respected at all times
To be fully up to date with the requirements of the “Early Years Foundation Stage” and ensure that your practice meets and aims to exceed the requirements
To be proactive in the process of activity planning, child observation and development records on a regular basis and as requested by your supervisor and Nursery Manager
To follow all routines, duties, timetables, rotas, record keeping activities and any other reasonable duty as requested by your supervisor or Nursery Manager
To ensure that communication with children, parents and the staff team is polite and courteous at all times
To be an effective key person to those children assigned to you and to take on other assigned responsibilities, as requested and advised by your supervisor in line with knowledge and experience
To maintain confidentiality about all issues related to children and their families; personal and other staff members issues and any other management or operational issues
Involvement and enrolment in company training courses to be undertaken and completed which may, at various times, be outside normal working hours
To attend all mandatory training sessions and workshops (as advised by your manager)
To attend staff meetings, professional development training and any other events as requested by your Nursery Manager
To carry out any other reasonable additional duties as requested by your supervisor and/or Nursery Manager from time to time

Training Outcome

Job opportunity upon successful completion of apprenticeship.

Skills Required

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Team working
Initiative
Patience

Qualifications

Essential - GCSE - maths - 4-9
Essential - GCSE - English - 4-9

Course Information

Course: Early years educator (level 3)

Level: 3

Route: Education and early years

Apprenticeship Level: Advanced

Working Arrangements

Working Week: Monday - Friday, working hours TBC

Expected Duration: 1 Year 6 Months

Training Provider: HRUC (HARROW, RICHMOND AND UXBRIDGE COLLEGES).

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