Plas Pawb Level 3 Nursery Assistant

Reference:
25-28300

Job title:
Plas Pawb Level 3 Nursery Assistant

Directorate:
Children and Supporting Families

Service:
Early Years Team

Closing date:
09/05/2025 10:00

Job type/Hours:
Temporary year | 25 Hour

Salary:
£16,750 - £17,015 a year

Pay Scale:
GS3

Location(s):
Plas Pawb, Maesincla, Caernarfon

**Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this**Information Pack**

Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.

Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH

Tel: 01286 679076

**CLOSING DATE: 10.00 AM, 09/05/2025**

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Recruitment Pack Children and Supporting Families (2).pdf

**Personal attributes**:
**Essential**:
Able to work as a team member and on his/her own

Self-motivated

Confident and showing initiative

A diplomatic and welcoming personality

**Desirable**:
**Qualifications and relevant training**:
**Essential**:
A suitable Early Years recognised qualification at Level 3 or higher as well as relevant experience such as:

- Diploma or Degree in Early Years Education

Diploma or CCW Level 4 in Care, Play, Learn and Child Development

NNEB/CACHE Diploma

CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Early Years Care and Education (Welsh Medium)

Level 3 Diploma or Level 5 in Care, Play, Learn and Child Development

CCW Level 3 in Early Years Care and Education/Care, Learning and Child Development

Any other relevant qualification.

See the Social Care Wales website for a list of mandatory qualifications to work in the Early Years and Child Care sector in Wales

Willingness to attend Elklan and Makaton training within a year of appointment

**Desirable**:
Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Child Protection

Manual handling

First Aid Certificate

Makaton

Elklan

**Relevant experience**:
**Essential**:
Experience of providing quality education and care for Early Years children

**Desirable**:
Experience of working in the field of Additional Learning Needs

**Skills and specialist knowledge**:
**Essential**:
Understanding of the types of factors that have an impact on the lives of children and their families

Knowledge and understanding of how children learn and develop

Comprehensive knowledge of the Childcare Offer, Flying Start, Play and the Curriculum for Wales

Knowledge and understanding of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018

Thorough knowledge of good practice when caring for children up to 11 years old

Knowledge of relevant legislation in day care provision for school aged children.

Can communicate effectively with a wide range of individuals and organisations

Understanding of and commitment to equal opportunities

Understanding of play and child development and the ability to satisfy the needs of individual children by displaying a wide range of practical play-work skills

**Desirable**:
Good computer skills

Full current Driving licence

**Language requirements**:
**Listening and Speaking - Intermediate**:
**Reading and Understanding - Intermediate**:
Understand everyday correspondence on familiar issues at work.Understand longer reports in Clear Welsh and be able to pick up the main points. (help may be required with the vocabulary).

**Writing - Intermediate**:
**Purpose of the post**:

- Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
- Assist the Leader and the Nursery's Manager to transfer care of a high standard for each child who attends Plas Pawb nursery, ensuring that their physical, emotional, social, intellectual, creative and developmental needs are met.

**Responsibility for functions**:
**Main duties**:

- Assist in the planning and implement an appropriate programme of activities for children in cooperation with the Nursery Manager and other staff, including students and apprentices. All activity programmes will be presented through the medium of Welsh.
- Deputise for the leader or deputy manager to provide a high standard of care, ensuring that the physical, emotional, social, intellectual, creative and developmental needs of the children are met.
- Open and close the nursery and also deputising to the leader or deputy manager during the start/ end of day, break times and lunch, and when the Leader is having non - contact time, is on training or is ill.
- Possess a full understanding and implementation of the Nursery's record-keeping system and manage the observing and recording of each child's individual development using the key worker system within the designated childcare room.
- Work closely with leader to put one-page profiles in place and putting ALN procedures in place for the children by offering appropriate support and assistance in order to ensure that every child with additional needs has