Nursery Assistant

**Responsible to**:Deputy Head of Early Years

**Location**:Dame Bradbury’s Nursery, Saffron Walden

**Role Description**:
The role exists to provide support to the nursery room leader and key workers in an important role caring for children and helping to maintain high quality, enabling environments. To assist in promoting effective learning, appropriate achievement and the educational, social and personal progress of all Early Years pupils, consistent with the aims of the school and unique needs of each individual.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Under the direction of the Nursery Room Leader, support key workers in their responsibilities for key groups of children
- Help contribute to the creation of a safe, welcoming and inclusive indoor and outdoor enabling environment for all children to develop and learn through play
- Understand the stages of young children’s learning and development and the benefits of maximising time spent learning outdoors
- To support the room leader and key workers in keeping the nursery rooms and sleep areas clean and organised
- To support the room leader and key workers in ensuring meal times are safe and satisfying for all children
- To support the room leader and key workers in managing children’s individual dietary and medical needs
- Contribute to planning and evaluation of high-quality provision and stimulating activities which meet individual needs and next steps
- Be reflective of practice and routines, working with the Nursery Room Leader in tailoring them to meet developmental stages of each child throughout the day
- To contribute to observations and assessments of individual children’s learning and development and share observations via pupils online learning journey
- Help children develop effective learning characteristics to give them the tools they need for lifelong learning - confidence, resilience, self-motivation, enthusiasm, independence and curiosity about the world
- Establish positive and effective relationships with staff, parents/carers
- Embrace digital learning, seeking support to enhance your skill level as required
- Participate fully in professional development activities to develop practice further, sharing the learning from these as appropriate

**Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the child**
- Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people in your class and come into contact with
- Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security
- Be able to recognise when a child or young person is in danger or at risk of harm, and take action to protect them
- Have an awareness and basic knowledge where appropriate of the most recent legislation

**Equalities**
- Ensure services are delivered in accordance with the aims of the Equality Policy Statement
- Develop own understanding of equality issues

**General Responsibilities**:

- Act as an excellent ambassador for the Foundation at all times.
- Build and maintain good working relationships with all Foundation colleagues.
- Assist as necessary in other Foundation areas at peak times.
- Work at all times towards the aims and goals of the Foundation and any individual objectives and targets you may have agreed.
- Proactively identify areas for improvements within the Foundation.
- Actively promote the Foundation’s Equal Opportunities Policy, encouraging staff awareness and participation in all areas.
- Act in accordance with the Data Protection principles at all times.
- Adhere at all times to Foundation operational and employment policies and procedures.
- Take care of your own health and safety and that of people who may be affected by what you do (or do not do).
- Cooperate with others on health and safety, and not interfere with, or misuse, anything provided for your health, safety or welfare.
- Follow the training you have received when using any work items the Foundation has provided.
- Adhere to the Foundation’s Privacy Notice and ensure private and confidential data is kept secure and disposed of in the appropriate manner.

This job description is not necessarilycomprehensive and the position holder will be required to carry out such other duties as may reasonably be required within the general scope and level of the post.

**Safeguarding and welfare of children**

The post holder’s responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for whom s/he is responsible, or with whom s/he comes into contact, will be to adhere to and ensure compliance with the Foundation’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy statement at all times. If, in the course of carrying out the duties of the post, the role-holder becomes aware of any actual or potential risks to the safety or welfare of children in the School, s/he must report any concerns to the School’s Designated Person or the Foundation’s Designated Safeguarding Lead.

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