Nursery Employee

**Job Purpose**:

- Manage a safe learning environment
- Be committed to keeping the children safe and behaving professionally
- Create a supportive, happy culture and behaviour management strategy that enables children to achieve their potential
- Be a Key Worker, committed to creating trusting and open relationships with parents/carers and children
- Operate in a Key Worker role, observing, assessing and identifying next steps for the children in your care
- Create an accurate picture of your Key Worker children using Tapestry, summative reports and their file
- Contribute to the monitoring of the EYFS curriculum to ensure suitable opportunities are provided for the learners in all areas of the curriculum
- Offer a variety of experiences and activities to ensure that the diverse needs of learners are met
- Work with colleagues to assess and report on the development and progress of learners
- Work collaboratively with colleagues, parents/carers, professionals and the wider community to ensure the best experiences for the children
- Set challenges and activities for pupils absent from nursery if requested
- Ensure the learning environment and the wider nursery is clean and well managed
- Put resources away after use, ensuring they are stored appropriately
- Have good time-keeping and organization
- Be approachable, friendly and able to communicate effectively at all times
- Respect the confidentiality of sensitive family and nursery information
- Have high standards of professional conduct, representing the nursery in the best possible light
- Follow direction from your line manager
- Actively identify and contribute to cleaning, food preparation and washing duties ensuring morning and evening checklists are complete as required

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time
Part-time hours: 18 - 34 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

School type:

- Day nursery

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Wylam: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Nursery: 1 year (preferred)
- Childcare: 1 year (preferred)
- Management: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person