Lunch Time Assistant

The Lunchtime Assistant role is key in delivering and inspiring high quality, beyond brilliant early years education, acknowledging every child is unique through our bespoke educational programmes, while supporting during the busiest part of the day, and meeting every child's individual needs. The role is key in supporting the smooth day to day running of the nursery, so that the nursery team can deliver outstanding care and education for children and families and ensure the nursery is an exceptional place to work., This is an exciting and diverse role that covers all aspects of working within an Early Years setting, including; Delivering Beyond Brilliant Care and Education

• Having high regards for all matters relating to safeguarding children and child protection, keeping up to date with the organisations safeguarding policies and procedures, and training, and reporting any concerns to the Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Promoting children's sense of belonging supporting diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities for all
• Ensuring our inspiring learning environment is effective to deliver our curriculum, that the resources are of high quality, safe and fit for purpose and that both indoor, outdoor and communal areas are clean, tidy and meet professional standards
• Taking responsibility for the health and safety of themselves and adhering to organisations policies and procedures to ensure children and others are kept safe within the nursery environment
• Supporting the nursery team to delivery outstanding care and education in line with our mission and values, the Early Years Foundation Stage and our 5c's curriculum.
• Cleaning of communal areas to ensure that the nursery environment is safe, clean, tidy and professional standards are maintained
• Organising nursery laundry in line with the nursery's routine
Nurturing Partnerships
• Supporting a nurturing environment, demonstrating empathy, warmth, and kindness towards others, in line with our team and brand values
• Forming strong bonds with children meeting their individual needs
• Demonstrating effective and consistent communication with colleagues and children and a positive approach to work and promote or vision mission and values
• Ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction and demonstrating a professional approach, to maintain an excellent reputation
• Establishing and maintaining professional working relationships with colleagues within the team, working together to nurture each other, our community and planet, and implement a safe, clean and tidy environment for all children and colleagues to thrive
• Demonstrate reliability and enthusiasm within the team and work with colleagues and children across the whole nursery.
Learning and Development
• Being open to and put forward new ideas and ways of working to positively impact children, parents and team
• Sharing practice and new ideas with others through our Community platform.
Other Information This job description is not exhaustive, and the post holder is required to undertake any other reasonable duties as directed by the Nursery Management Team. We actively promote equal opportunities and are committed to equality and diversity for all our children and team. Applicants will be considered on merit only, irrespective of race, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion, or belief. A copy of the Company's Equal Opportunities Policy and Disclosure Information Policy is available on request., Please be aware that some uploaded documents may require special software such as Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.
• Lunch Time Assistant
  
  We are looking for someone who is hard working, demonstrates attention to detail and is passionate about working as part of a team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a fun and caring team in a flexible, friendly, and creative environment., You must be able to build meaningful relationships with all children and team, and have good communication skills and maintain confidentiality
• A real 'can do' attitude and self-motivation is essential - we need our team to love working together!
• Having a passion for working in an environment with young children is essential
• You must be eligible to work in the UK and obtain a satisfactory DBS.
All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

Seymour House is a family run day nursery group with 35 years of experience in making a real difference to families, our team, the environment, and the community. Our success is built on the experience of our team and their dedication to achieving our goals. So, we want to reward our team by creating the best place to work in early years, where people can grow with us, create a lasting impact, and share in our success. We want our team to feel connected to our purpose, trust they are valued and be able to fulfil their career ambitions.


• Competitive salary
• Nursery discount for employees' children
• 28 days annual leave including bank holidays, increasing to 31 over 3-years
• A friendly, flexible team with social events throughout the year
• Ongoing training opportunities
• Health and wellbeing resources and support
• Free life coaching in the Dream Academy
• Discounted gym membership
• Access to a financial wellbeing service
• Specsavers eyecare vouchers