Nursery Assistant

This role involves assisting with all aspects of nursery life and supporting the wider staff team with activities and mealtimes, whilst also ensuring our high standards of care are upheld at all times., Below is a list of tasks and responsibilities that you are obliged to fulfil in your role as a Relief Nursery Assistant.

• To assist in providing a safe, supportive and caring environment for young children in the nursery's care.
• To ensure that clean and hygienic standards are maintained at all times. This includes daily cleaning rotas, nappy changing and other nursery/housekeeping duties
• To maintain and follow all Health and Safety policies and procedures at all times.
• To develop a thorough knowledge of all of the company's operational policies and procedures, and employee handbook, ensuring that they are followed and respected at all times.
• To follow all routines, duties, timetables, rotas, record keeping activities and any other reasonable duty as requested by your supervisor or Nursery Management.
• To ensure that communication with children, parents and the staff team is polite, welcoming and courteous at all times.
• To share relevant information and ensure that information passed between parents and staff is communicated to your supervisor/Nursery Management as appropriate.
• To maintain confidentiality about all issues related to children and their families; you're own and other staff members issues and any other management or operational issues.
• Involvement in company training courses to be undertaken and completed which may, at various times, be outside normal working hours.
• To be involved in developing and delivering a stimulating and creative environment within the group.
• The duties outlined in this job description are not exhaustive, and the Nursery Practitioner may be required to undertake additional responsibilities as needed, as long as they align with the general character of the role.
  
  We will be in touch to arrange an interview if you match our requirements. You must be aged 17 years or older to apply. No childcare qualifications are required, but previous experience is desirable.
  
  Staff Benefits:
• 20% discount on childcare for staff members
• Additional day off on your birthday
• Up to 5 extra days annual leave for long service
• Company pension
• Reward and recognition schemes
• Health & Wellbeing Programme including access to 24 hour counselling support, including financial and debt advice
• Wellbeing committee for staff socials including Christmas party
• Regular in-house and external training for all staff
• Opportunity to establish new friendships with like minded people, via our interactive staff social media group
• Career progression and development opportunities across our group of 7 nurseries
• On-site parking
• Dedicated staff rooms with refreshments
• Good Quality, Branded Uniform
• Christmas closure
The hourly rate as advertised assumes you DO NOT have a childcare qualification. If you DO hold a valid childcare qualification please see our other qualified practitioner job listings. The White House Nurseries currently operate from 7 private nursery settings, as well as a holiday club facility, all situated within the Derbyshire and Derby City districts. To find out more about our nurseries, and to get a feel for what nursery life with us is like please visit our website or Facebook page. https://www.thewhitehousenursery.co.uk/ We look forward to hearing from you! Job Types: Part-time, Permanent Pay: £11.44 per hour Benefits:
• Additional leave
• Childcare
• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
Schedule:
• Monday to Friday