Childcare Level 2 and Level 3 Nursery Assistant

1 month ago


Dartford, United Kingdom Global Skills Training Full time

**Brief overview of the role**:
Working towards a level 2 or 3 Early Years Practitioner or Early Years Educator qualification. Providing a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children in the setting. Working as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, develop and learn.

Main Duties will include:

- To ensure that the individual needs and interests of children in the setting are met (in conjunction with other team members)
- To keep records of your key children’s development and learning journeys and share with parents, carers and other key adults in the child’s life
- Support all staff and engage in a good staff team
- To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communication 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 having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures and medical histories
- To advise manager/deputy of any concerns, e.g. over children, parents, the safety of the environment, preserving confidentiality as necessary
- To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, summer fayre, etc.
- To be flexible within working practices of the setting, undertaking other responsible duties where needed, such as domestic tasks, preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment, etc.
- To work alongside the manager and staff team to ensure that the setting’s philosophy is fulfilled
- To read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role and the safe running of the setting
- To develop your role within the team, especially with regard to be a key person
- To keep completely confidential any information regarding the children, their families or other staff that is acquired as part of the job
- To be aware of the high profile of the setting and to uphold its standards at all times, both in work hours and outside
- To support nursery assistants, students and volunteers
- To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times
- To undertake and lead on additional responsibilities such as SENCO, training co-ordinator, safeguarding Officer etc

Desired skills
- Ability to communicate well with adults and children
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to write legibly
- Good presentation skills
- Possess a level of general computer literacy with a range of IT skills
- Good organisational skills

Personal qualities
- Sociable
- Outgoing
- Sense of humour
- Pro-active
- Confident

**Job Type**: Apprenticeship

**Salary**: From £4.81 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

School type:

- Day nursery
- Preschool

COVID-19 considerations:
Regular Covid-19 Testing

Application question(s):

- Do you have a level 2 qualification in Childcare?

**Experience**:

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

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: Nursery Apprentice



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