Early Years Assistant

2 weeks ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom Bright Horizons Family Solutions Full time

**Nursery**:Bright Horizons Annandale Early Learning and Childcare

**Job Type**:Full Time / Permanent / 40 hours

**Salary**:Starting from £22,670.59 per annum (dependent on qualifications and experience)

If you are creative, enthusiastic, and have a passion for teaching and developing little minds - our Nursery Assistant opportunity would be perfect for you.

**Why Bright Horizons?**

We care for over 10,000 children across the UK, across our portfolio of over 300 nurseries. We are on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing.

Our Bright Horizons Annandale Nursery is Care Inspectorate rated Good, and is situated in Leith and easily accessible by train, bus and we also have limited onsite parking.

**What you’ll be doing**
- Working as part of a nursey team looking after babies and children up to the age of 5.
- Having daily adventures with our children through interactive play, activities, reading and helping them with their curious minds through the learning curriculum
- Communicating with parents daily on their child’s activities
- Provide a caring and supporting environment where the children feel safe and looked after
- Listening to the children’s needs and responding in the right way
- Creating play and learning opportunities that support the children’s learning
- Support Nursery Practitioner colleagues encouraging their development towards key milestones
- Promote and ensure child welfare, protection, health and safety and safeguarding procedures and policies are followed at all times

**What we can offer you**

Our benefits include, but are not limited to;
- Starting from £22,670.59 per annum (dependent on qualifications and experience)
- Career development opportunities across our network of nurseries
- Opportunity to complete a qualification in Early Years if desired
- Amazing discounts, ranging from childcare to high street, to utility and days out
- Quarterly Employee Appreciation Weeks - with treats for all the team
- External helpline with professional counsellors - supporting your wellbeing 24 hours a day.
- Access to our extensive library of training and qualifications, to support your continuous development

**What we’re looking for**
- Previous experience working with children (Nursery Bank Staff, Nursery Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Nursery Practitioner, Early Years Educator, Nanny, Childminder or similar)
- Passion for making learning fun and engaging for each child
- Ability to build trust and strong working relationships with both colleagues and parents
- Ability to use a variety of techniques to clearly and successfully communicate with both children and adults
- Sound understanding of child protection and the safeguarding of children

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