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Nursery Assistant Apprenticeship

Employer
Heritage Day Nursery
Location
Unit 3, 280 Oxlow Lane, Dagenham, RM10 8LP
Salary
£147.84 to £285.12 per week
Closing date
12 Aug 2021

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Specialism
Health & Social Care
Sector
Public Sector / Government
Role Type
Apprenticeship, Higher
Start Date
September
Duration
Permanent
  • Ensuring confidentiality is maintained in the nursery
  • Adhering to policies and procedures of Childcare Providers and compliance with the children's act, health and safety legislation and within the guidelines of Ofsted and the national standards.
  • Working as part of a team
  • To have sound knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage and to work within this framework
  • To implement the daily routine
  • The care and supervision of the children with regard to their physical, emotional and intellectual needs
  • The planning and preparation of activities, to meet the children's individual needs, liaising with parents ensuring effective communication within the nursery.
  • Offering all children equal opportunities with regard to their religious persuasions, racial origins, gender, disabilities, cultural background and challenging situations where racism or discrimination is displayed
  • Keeping development records and observations
  • Positive management of children's behaviour
  • Preparation, care, cleanliness and maintenance of the playrooms and equipment.
  • Providing a good role model for students and to help new staff fit in
  • Keeping and monitoring accident, incident and risk assessment records
  • Supervision of meal times, and where appropriate, preparation of babies' bottles, meal and snack times
  • Laundry duties
  • Attendance of staff meetings
  • Participating in regular parent's evenings, publicity, open weekends and children's outings
  • Any other duties appropriate to the post as directed by the nursery manager, operations manager and area manager
  • Practical understanding of safeguarding duties, role of safeguarding officer and current safeguarding legislations.


Requirements and prospects

Desired skills

  • Attention to detail
  • Organised
  • Good IT Skills


Personal qualities

  • Good communication skills
  • Enthusiastic
  • Passionate
  • Ambitious
  • Motivated
  • Team Player


Desired qualifications

GCSE C/4 or above in maths and English preferable (or equivalent)

Future prospects

Further Training, progression within the company, potential full time employment and wage increase based on performance.

Things to consider

From April 1st 2019 the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for Apprentices is £3.90 per hour. This applies to 16-18 year old Apprentices and those aged 19 and over in the first year of their Apprenticeship. For all other Apprentices the National Minimum Wage appropriate to their age applies. The wage for Apprentices applies to both time spent on the job plus time spent training

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