Job Description:
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- Constantly monitoring and supervising the children
- Helping children with their meals and snacks
- Greeting parents and keeping them up-to-date with their child’s progress
- Reporting any emergencies to the Setting Manager.
- Ensuring a positive and safe learning environment for the children
- Assisting in the development of learning programs that foster overall child’s growth
- Ensuring that the legal guidelines and health and safety policies are followed at all times
- Participating in parent-teacher meetings and offering suggestions as and when required
- Acknowledging and responding to different developmental and behavioural levels exhibited by children
- Ensuring that the learning area is kept clean and safe at all times
- Recording accidents in the accident book. Ensure the manager has initiated the report before the parent receives it;
- To ensure the setting is of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of
- individual children from differing cultures and religious backgrounds and stages of development
- To be aware of the high profile of the setting and to uphold its standards at all times.
- To actively promote and support the safeguarding of children in the workplace, ensuring setting policies and procedures are observed at all times.
- Ensure compliance with regulations set by OFSTED and their inspection requirements.
The salary for the job – £22,000 per annum
Skill, experience and qualifications required for each job
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- Completion of a recognised Level 3 Childcare qualification
- Minimum of 2 to 3 years relevant experience is required.
- Hold a current or willing to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)check
- Good organisational, record-keeping and planning skills
- Excellent communication skills with children, colleagues, and parents/carers.
- Patience, reliability and trustworthiness