Job Title: Nursery Assistant
Location:
Highland, Highland, Nottingham
Job Type:
Contract, expected to work Full-Time hours
Primary Industry:
Education and Training
Salary:
£83 - £90 Per day
Qualifications:
Level 2 childcare
Skills:
Nurturing, caring
Job Description:
As a Nursery Assistant, you will be responsible for supervising and monitoring the children under your care. More than just health and safety, you’ll have safeguarding obligations to help ensure children are safe both at your workplace and in their home life.
You will be reading stories to the children you work with to help develop their language skills, as well as helping them learn number skills through games and other activities. You will be preparing various activities throughout the day to keep children engaged.
You will observe children’s progress and development, looking out for any issues that might arise. It will be part of your job to ensure children are progressing in the best ways they can, and you’ll be working with parents to help achieve this.
Responsibilities also include caring for children by preparing their food, ensuring a clean environment, and assisting babies and younger children when they need changing.
Job Duties:
- Supervising and monitoring children
- Reading stories and conducting educational activities
- Observing children’s progress and development
- Ensuring children's safety and well-being
- Preparing meals and maintaining a clean environment
Required Qualifications:
Level 2 childcare qualification
Experience:
Experience in childcare settings preferred
Knowledge and Skills:
- Nurturing and caring attitude
- Understanding of child development
- Ability to engage children in educational activities
- Good communication skills
Working Conditions:
Work in a nursery setting with children aged 0-5 years
Full-time hand part time hours available
Fast-paced and dynamic environment
Regular interaction with children and parents
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
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