Childcare Assistant

2 months ago

Blandford Forum, United Kingdom Dorset Councils Full time

Organisation
- Dorset Council
- Location
- Blandford Forum
- Reference
- 61054080b
- Occupational group
- Childcare
- Salary details
- £9,835 - £9,994
- Job term
- Part Time
- Appointment type
- Permanent
- Contact
- Harriet Witt
- Closing Date
- 03 March 2024 11:00 PM

**Childcare Assistant - 2 Positions Available**

**Oscars Out of School Club, Blandford Forum**

**Permanent 16 Hours per week**

**Grade 3 (£22,737- £23,114 FTE)**

**Salary 16 Hours per week £9,835 - £9,994**

Working as a Childcare Assistant to provide a safe and stimulating environment focused on learning through play, providing activities and quality childcare for children aged 4 to 12 years. You will support children to socialise and foster their dreams for the future realising their potential.

This role will provide you with many opportunities to learn new skills, solve problems and adapt to different situations. Every day is different and exciting - you can get creative, messy and encourage the children to explore the world through play.

Primarily you would be working in our Oscars Out of School Club with 4-12 age provision seeing children grow, develop, and learn. You can make a real difference in their lives by providing them with a safe, supportive, and fun environment where they are eager to ‘have a go’ and try new things. Occasionally you may be asked to support the staffing in our Nursery, Blandford Children's Centre Nursery or Shaftesbury Children's Centre Nursery.

You will also be working with a team of other professionals who share your passion and vision for childcare.
As an employee of Dorset Council have access to a range of employee benefits including a generous annual leave entitlement and a pension scheme.

**What you will be doing**

You will be delivering fun activities, supporting children and their families to learn through play within an after school environment from 3-6pm term time and supporting the running of Oscars holiday club throughout the holidays.

You will be involved in preparing the environment, assessing risk and making changes to meet the needs of the children present.

You will greet parents, carers, and their children on when they arrive and leave sharing existing news about their child’s day.

You’ll assist with snacks and refreshments as well as taking part in adult led activities (e.g., sport, arts & crafts, cookery), setting up and supporting children to develop their own ideas and play.

You may be required to support with staffing cover, as and when required, within our Blandford Nursery, (rated Good by Ofsted) and Shaftesbury Children's Centre Nursery, (rated as Outstanding by Ofsted).

**Additional information**

You will require a driving licence and have access to a vehicle.
Dorset Council: A great place to work
We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.
**At Dorset Council we**:

- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You will:

- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

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