Early Years Assistant- Baby Room 3 Days Per Week

4 weeks ago


Ipswich, United Kingdom Play2day nurseries Full time

**Early Years Assistant
- Baby Room**

In August 2019 we opened our first nursery and have an exciting opportunity for a committed early years professional to join our new nursery team as an Early Years Assistant to join our Baby Room Team. The nursery provides exceptional childcare for children from 6 months to five years. Attached to a thriving play centre, the nursery is unique and offers a different experience for children attending with a real focus on physical and emotional well-being.

Our team of highly qualified staff are passionate about their work with children: their knowledge and enthusiasm is evident in the stimulating environments they love to create and the special relationships they from with the children and families they work with.

Staff well being and development is as important to us as the children we care for. Continuous professional developed means that we stay ahead of the latest policy and research within the child development field and use this within our day to day work with children and families.

If your share our vision for exceptional holistic nursery provision we would love to hear from you.

**Part-time hours: 25 - 30 Hours a week, Monday
- Friday, All Year Round**

Purpose of post
- To provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for all children in the nursery
- To ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety is promoted
- To give support to other team members throughout the nursery
- To work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn and develop.

Key areas
- Work with and support children across the nursery
- Work as part of a team
- Build and maintain strong partnerships with parents.

**Responsible to**

Nursery Manager/Deputy Manager.

Duties and responsibilities
- Operate a programme of activities that meet the individual needs and interests of children in your area in conjunction with other team members
- To follow the nursery safeguarding procedure to ensure all children are kept safe, well and secure
- Support all staff and engage in a good staff team
- Liaise with and support parents and other family members
- To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, parent evening, fundraising events etc.
- To be flexible within working practices of the nursery. Be prepared to help where needed, including to undertake certain domestic jobs within the nursery, e.g. preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment etc.
- Work alongside the Manager and staff team to ensure that the nursery’s philosophy is fulfilled
- Read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role as deemed appropriate by the Manager
- Recording accidents in the accident book. Ensure the Duty Manager has initialled the report before parents receives it
- Look upon the nursery, as a “whole” where can your help be most utilised? Be constantly aware of the individual needs of all children
- Ensure someone known and agreed by the nursery and parent collects the child
- To respect the confidentiality of all information received.

Specific childcare tasks
- The preparation and completion of activities to suit each individual child's stage of development and interests
- To develop your role within the team especially with regard as a key person
- To ensure that meal times are a time of pleasant social sharing
- Washing and changing children as required
- To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times
- Ensuring a poorly child is kept calm and warm and management is notified immediately
- To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communications with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs
- To ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children regardless of any disabilities, family backgrounds or medical history
- To be aware of the high profile of the nursery and to uphold its standards at all times, both within work hours and outside.

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

**Salary**: £11.50-£12.25 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Discounted or free food
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 31/03/2024
Expected start date: 15/04/2024


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