Childcare Apprenticeship - Ruislip

About the role

Join our awesome team and make a real difference! 🚀 We're looking for passionate individuals to work with amazing kids.

What you'll be doing:

• Engaging with kids: Dive into fun activities, plan and deliver programs tailored to their age group, and be a positive role model. 🤸‍♀️
• School runs: Help with collecting and dropping off children from local schools. 🏫
• Safety first! Strictly follow all safeguarding policies and procedures, and report any concerns immediately. Your vigilance keeps our kids safe! 🛡️
• Child development: Observe children daily, monitor their progress using our Footsteps system, and help them smash their development goals. 📈
• Adventures! Plan and supervise safe outings and exciting cooking activities, completing risk assessments for approval. 🍳🌳
• Parent communication: Attend parent review meetings with the Deputy Manager and be a Key Worker, maintaining detailed records and targets for your key group. 🗣️
• Nursery life: Help with snack preparation and cleaning equipment to keep our environment spotless and inviting. ✨
• Incident reporting: Record any accidents/incidents accurately, share with parents, and submit to the administrator. 📝
• Healthy habits: Promote a healthy lifestyle and ensure the environment is clean, stimulating, and super safe. 🌱
• Team player: Keep the register up-to-date, collaborate with colleagues, and contribute to a positive team spirit. 🤝
• Out-of-hours events: Participate in training, staff meetings, parent evenings, and fun events like the summer fayre and Christmas activities. 🎉
• Growth mindset: Develop your role within the team and support student placements and volunteers with guidance. 🧠
• Professional development: Complete all mandatory and non-mandatory training, and own your CPD log. 📚
• Collaboration: Liaise with parents, staff, and other professionals. 👩‍🏫
• Inclusive support: Identify and support the needs of children with special educational needs, liaising with the SENCO/Manager. ❤️
• Timely pickups: Ensure children are collected on time by authorised individuals. ⏰

Key responsibilities

• Plan, deliver, and evaluate programmes of activities for children.
• Adhere to all safeguarding policies and procedures, reporting any concerns.
• Monitor children’s development, identifying and addressing any gaps.
• Act as a key worker, preparing children’s records and targets.
• Ensure the environment is clean, stimulating, and safe for children.