Nursery Assistant

About the role

Join the Fun Foundations Family! 🌟 We're looking for passionate individuals to join our amazing team as Childcare Practitioners. 👶👧👦

What you'll be doing:

• Upholding Fun Foundations' awesome Policies and Procedures. ✅
• Being a total customer champion, embodying our Collaborative Ambition Compass. 🧭
• Knowing your stuff about the Children Act, Health and Safety, and Welsh Day Care Regulations. 📚
• Keeping all nursery info super confidential. 🤫
• Being an epic team player: respecting colleagues, communicating like a pro, always willing to lend a hand, and taking pride in your work. 💪
• Caring for and supervising children, focusing on their physical, emotional, and intellectual growth. 🌱
• Teaming up to plan and prep fun activities that meet each child's unique needs. 🎨
• Observing and recording children's development with your team. 📝
• Sharing all key information about the children in your care with key workers. 🗣️
• Collaborating with colleagues to ensure the best care and development for the children, and building strong relationships with their families. 🤝
• Building positive relationships with parents and families through awesome communication and setting goals together. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

More awesome duties:

• Championing equal opportunities for all children, no matter their background or beliefs. 🌈
• Creating positive connections with children by communicating effectively, engaging at their level, and modelling nursery expectations. ✨
• Positively managing children's behaviour according to Fun Foundations' guidelines. 👍
• Taking charge of your own professional development and smashing those supervision and appraisal targets. 🚀
• Keeping our nursery playrooms and equipment clean, maintained, and respected. 🧸
• Being a fantastic role model for students and volunteers, and helping new staff settle in. 🤗
• Maintaining accident, incident, and risk assessment records. 💯
• Supervising mealtimes and preparing baby bottles as per Fun Foundations' procedures. 🍼
• Helping out in the kitchen: loading/unloading the dishwasher, cleaning spills, tracking meal numbers, updating the menu board, and general cleaning. 🍽️
• Handling laundry duties: loading/unloading the washing machine and tumble dryer, folding, and putting away laundry. 👚
• Attending staff meetings as organised by the Nursery Manager. 🗓️
• Picking up and dropping off children from local primary schools (walking or using the nursery vehicle). 🏫
• Getting involved in parents' evenings, publicity events, open weekends, and children's outings. 🎉
• Any other duties as directed by the Nursery Management Team. 🌟

Key responsibilities

• Care for and supervise the children with regard to their physical, emotional and intellectual needs.
• Work with the team to plan and prepare activities to meet children’s individual needs.
• Build positive relationships with parents and families through effective communication.
• Prepare, care for, clean, maintain and respect the nursery playrooms and equipment.
• Keep accident, incident and risk assessment records.

Entry requirements

Essential qualifications (No minimum requirements)