Lunch Time Cover- Moorevilla Nursery

MIChild Group; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A childcare organization in Blackpool is seeking a passionate lunchtime cover assistant to ensure the welfare of children and promote a fun, high-quality environment. The role involves safeguarding, engaging with parents, and delivering age-appropriate activities. Ideal candidates should exhibit a can-do attitude, flexibility, and reliability. Join us for a rewarding career in childcare with excellent benefits including 50% staff discount on childcare fees, generous holidays, and training opportunities.

Benefits

Staff discount on childcare fees - 50%

Exceptional holiday entitlement package

Additional holiday days for 100% attendance

Career progression opportunities

Staff well-being programme

Monthly Staff Treats

Free branded staff uniform

Fully funded accredited training

Employer contribution to pension scheme

Qualifications

• Must be passionate.
• Must have a can-do attitude and be adaptable.
• Must be flexible and reliable.

Responsibilities

• Prioritise the safeguarding of all children, staff and families.
• Promote a fun, high-quality environment for children.
• Ensure welfare and learning development for all children.
• Work in partnership with parents and carers.
• Share responsibility for health and safety of the nursery.
• Ensure children are clean, loved and happy.
• Adhere to company policies and procedures.
• Be aware of all emergency and security procedures.
• Deliver exciting and age-appropriate activities.
• Ensure pleasant mealtimes as social sharing times.
• Comply with Confidentiality policy.
• Understand and promote company ethos and core values.
• Ensure excellent outcomes in audits.
• Use initiative at all times.

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the MiChild group for a lunch time cover assistant, working 11am - 2pm, Monday to Friday.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate individual for our wonderful Blackpool based nursery, Moorevilla Day Nursery.

Company benefits

• Staff discount on childcare fees - 50%.
• Exceptional holiday entitlement package with long service benefits year on year.
• Company incentives such as additional holiday days for 100% attendance.
• Career progression opportunities and a training programme based around you.
• Staff well-being programme including weekly staff well-being drop-ins, staff room for breaks, access to free exercise sessions and healthy recipes on our well-being platform.
• Monthly Staff Treats.
• Staff meals and refreshments throughout the day.
• Staff appreciation and recognition awards (such as 1 year, 5 years, 10 years service, employee of the month, staff shout-outs, etc.).
• Company events (such as annual awards night, NMT awards, Day Nursery Awards).
• Free branded staff uniform.
• Fully funded accredited training such as Paediatric First Aid, Level 2 in Safeguarding and many more.
• Employer contribution to pension scheme.

Essential Requirements

• Must be passionate.
• To have a can do attitude and be adaptable to the needs of the nursery and company.
• To be flexible and reliable.

Key Responsibilities

• To prioritise the safeguarding of all children, staff and families that have access to the setting.
• To promote a fun, high quality environment for all children in our care.
• Ensuring the welfare and learning development requirements of all children are met at all times.
• To confidently and respectfully work in partnership with parents and carers.
• Undertake a shared responsibility for the health and safety of the nursery.
• Ensure all children are clean, loved and happy at all times.
• Adhere to all Policies and Procedures set out by the company.
• Be fully aware of all emergency and security procedures relating to the nursery.
• Take pride in the delivery of exciting and age appropriate activities.
• To ensure mealtimes are a time of pleasant social sharing.
• To fully comply with our Confidentiality policy.
• To fully understand and promote the company’s ethos and core values.
• To be a key player to ensure the nursery receives excellent outcomes in internal audits and those of external authorities such as Ofsted.
• To use initiative at all times.