Job Summary
JOB DESCRIPTION
Nursery Assistant REPORTS TO Nursery Manager / Room leader
Position Responsibility
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- To work as part of the team providing high quality care, safety and stimulating play experiences to all individual children and their needs.
- Help to implement the daily routine.
- Follow instructions and guidelines from Room leader
Key Areas
- Observe, support and extend children’s learning
- Team Work with other staff within the whole setting
- Liaise with parents/carers promoting partnership and involvement
- Read and understand all relevant documentation (policies, procedures, risk assessments, etc.)
Description of Duties
- Begin to plan activities using EYFS guidance appropriate to the individual child and their stage of development.
- Maintain records of achievement file for allocated key children.
- Work with parents/carers of special needs children to give full integration in the nursery.
- Support other staff including students and be part of a good staff team.
- Attend required number of staff meetings and out of work social events at the nursery
- Be flexible within working practices of nursery. Be prepared to move rooms, help where needed and undertake certain domestic jobs within the nursery
- Recording accidents or incidents in the relevant books, ensuring parents/carers signatures are gained and a Room leader is notified.
- Use initiative to respond to the needs of children attending the setting.
- Ensuring safeguarding of all children attending the setting.
- To respect the confidentiality of information received as stated in the confidentiality policy. Awareness of the high profile of the nursery. Upholding high standards both in and out of work.
- To develop your role within the team especially with regard as a key worker.
- Participate in all child care procedures;
- Ensure that nutritional needs of children are met and that mealtimes are a time to socialise and practice good manners.
- Ensure general cleanliness of children at all times, washing and changing as required.
- Provide comfort and warmth to an unwell child.
- Helping children to rest/sleep as required
- To ensure the provision of a high quality environment to meet the needs of individual children from differing cultures and religious backgrounds, and stages of development.
- Awareness of responsibilities towards Health and Safety in the nursery. Adhere to procedures set by manager and challenge any unsafe behaviour.
Understand child Protection Procedures and ensure children are kept safe
Job Type: Part-time
Salary: £7.49-£13.61 per hour
Work Location: In person
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