Childcare Worker

To be involved and assist the nursery team in providing a friendly, caring, stimulating, creative and relaxing environment in order to encourage and develop children in our care.
- Ensure all daily routines are adhered to.
- To plan, organize and carry out planned activities, organizing themes and projects.
- To settle in new children and provide ongoing support, under a key person system, liaising with parents and maintaining good communications.
- To maintain children’s records and carry out observation and assessments.
- To ensure good standards of hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times. This includes daily cleaning rotas, nappy changing, preparation of snacks, cleaning of equipment’s and other nursery/housekeeping duties
- To keep abreast of current issues and attend training as necessary.
- Contribute to and participate in team meetings/team activities, outside of working hours if necessary.
- Ensure all policies and procedures are adhered to and implemented in the Nursery.
- To respect confidentiality within the setting.
- To communicate with parents and other visitors in a calm, friendly and efficient manner.
- To take reasonable care of yourself and others and to comply with the Nursery’s Health and Safety rules.
- To carry out any ad hoc projects or duties as requested by the Room Leader, Deputy Manager, or Manager.
- To support the Room Leader in supervising and monitoring students in training if required.
- The post holder may be required from time to time to work within any Bluebirds childcare settings.
- To support and mentor colleagues who are studying for NVQ childcare qualifications.
- You must have knowledge of the revised EYFS and have ideally worked to these policies within a nursery setting.
- To take responsibility for continued professional development by attending courses (in-house and external), receiving constructive feedback, and reading relevant material.
- To carry out any other reasonable additional duties as requested by your supervisor and/or Nursery Manager from time to time.

Work Remotely
- No

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £17,771.00-£24,159.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Papworth Everard, CB23 3RD: 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: One location