Nursery Assistant

Long-term Teachers; Exeter; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Guarantee pay scheme

Permanent roles

Onboarding support

Sick/holiday pay

Job summary

Long-term Teachers is assisting a BS32-area nursery to recruit a dedicated Nursery Assistant to join the team as soon as possible. The role supports young children in a safe, engaging environment and helps with daily routines, play-based learning, and maintaining cleanliness.

You will work with staff and parents to support each child’s needs, observe progress, and follow safeguarding and health & safety procedures. Regular staff meetings and training are provided through the agency.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Supervise and ensure the safety of children in your care
• Support children’s learning and development through play and structured activities
• Assist with planning and implementing age-appropriate activities
• Help with feeding, changing nappies, and toileting
• Maintain a clean and tidy environment, including cleaning toys and equipment
• Observe and record children's progress and report to senior staff or parents
• Build positive relationships with children, parents, and colleagues
• Support emotional, social, and physical development of children
• Follow safeguarding and health & safety procedures
• Set up and pack away resources and play areas
• Encourage good behaviour and social skills
• Attend staff meetings and relevant training sessions

Job description

• Nursery Assistant
• Full-time
• ASAP

This Nursery in the BS32 area is looking for an Nursery Assistant to join their team as soon as possible.

This nursery provides a safe environment where children can explore, experiment, plan and make decisions for themselves. Their ethos has always been to promote a loving, caring and totally inclusive environment that nurtures children’s unique qualities and potential, thus empowering them to become lifelong learners.

The Role

A nursery assistant supports the care and development of young children in a safe, engaging environment. They help with daily routines, assist in activities that promote learning and social skills, and ensure the nursery remains clean and well-organized. The role also involves observing children’s progress and working closely with staff and parents to support each child’s individual needs.

You will be expected to:

• Supervise and ensure the safety of children in your care
• Support children’s learning and development through play and structured activities
• Assist with planning and implementing age-appropriate activities
• Help with feeding, changing nappies, and toileting
• Maintain a clean and tidy environment, including cleaning toys and equipment
• Observe and record children's progress and report to senior staff or parents
• Build positive relationships with children, parents, and colleagues
• Support emotional, social, and physical development of children
• Follow safeguarding and health & safety procedures
• Set up and pack away resources and play areas
• Encourage good behaviour and social skills
• Attend staff meetings and relevant training sessions

Working with Long-term Teachers:

We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.

LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.

Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.

We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.

In addition you will receive:

• - Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities
• - Permanent job roles
• - Support and advice during the clearance and onboarding process
• - Working to Agency Workers Regulations
• - Interview preparation, advice and support- Statutory employment rights, such as; sick pay, holiday pay, maternity and paternity pay