Nursery Assistant

The New Barnet Day Nursery & Pre-School EN5 1QG 

Nursery Assistant -2-3 Years olds

Hours 40 hours a week or 36 hours over 4 days , 40 hours over 4 days or 5 days 40 hours 

Salary from £17,888 - £23,795.20 per annum (depending on experince and hours )

Are you looking to grow and develop start off as a Nursery Assistnat and want to achieve childcare L2 and L3 childcare qulifications with us ?

Join our vibrant nursery The New Barnet Day Nursery & Pre-School. Our dedicated leaders foster a nurturing environment and support your professional development. Be part of a team committed to excellence in early childhood education. Apply now for a rewarding career.  

The New Barnet Day Nursery & Preschool who are part of the Family First Group have an exciting opportunity to join their team as a Nursery Assistant in the baby room. Within this role you the team in providing the highest standard of compliance, care and education for children, and effectively manage daily operations of the nursery, including positive partnerships with staff and parents.

We are open from 7.30am - 18:30pm and we would require you to be able to work varied shift patterns between those times, 40 hours per week.

We’re a family by name, and we’re a family by nature too. We are defined in many different ways, by many different people. Different cultures. Different ideas. Different ages, genders and skillsets. Whilst every individual will have their own definition of family, these definitions all come together to show Family First for who we are.

We are: Defined by Family

Nursery Assistant main responsibilities include:

• Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all times
• Understand the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS and staff:child ratios
• Provide engaging and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development
• Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent
• Observe and support children’s development, update the EyLog system and children’s learning journals with accuracy and relevance, and seek guidance from colleagues or Room Leader if in doubt
• Provide the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development

*Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

We will be holding interviews on an ongoing basis - early applicants encouraged.  All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

The New Barnet Day Nursery & Pre-School is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.

Family First benefits

• 50% childcare 
• progress in your career with opputinities in doing level 2,3,4 and 5 in childcare.
• Holidays -32 days including bank holidays.
• Annual leave increase with length of service.
• Refer a friend bonus up to £500 depending on qulification and hours.
• Birthday off.
• monthly allowance for staff treats