Nursery Assistant Apprenticeship with Merchant Square Day Nursery – 11th September #CreateYourFuture

To support the staff team to ensure the smooth running of the setting, with regard to all health and safety matters affecting the children in your care.

Duties to include:

• 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 regarding 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 regarding 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 mealtimes, 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

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