Nursery Assistant/Nursery Practitioner

Tinies; Banbury; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in early education seeks a Nursery Assistant/Nursery Practitioner in Banbury for a full-time role. This position involves ensuring children's safety, promoting effective learning environments, and collaborating with other staff on managing daily operations and activities. The ideal candidate should have a passion for early childhood development and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in early childhood education preferred.
• Knowledge of childcare regulations and safeguarding procedures.
• Strong interpersonal skills for communication with parents and staff.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety and well-being of children.
• Provide effective learning opportunities.
• Support room manager with daily tasks.

Skills

Safeguarding

Child Protection

Effective Communication

Child Development Monitoring

Team Collaboration

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Location: Banbury, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

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Posted:

22.06.2025

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06.08.2025

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Job description

Are you looking for a new full-time position?

We are supporting a small group of children's nurseries based in Banbury.

38 hours over 4 days working 8am - 6pm

Salary up to £12.71 gross per hour (£25,115 gross per annum)

Main Duties

• Excellence in Early Education: Be alert to issues of safeguarding and child protection, ensuring the welfare and safety of children attending the setting is promoted and follow safeguarding procedures as detailed in the settings policy and as directed by the local safeguarding team.
• Role model and provide effective play and learning opportunities for children in your care, including setting up and maintaining challenging learning environments across the setting.
• Supporting the room manager in carrying out termly supervisions, observations, and cohort tracking.
• Support the room manager in overseeing the day-to-day running of the room, taking an active role within the senior room team.
• Inform the room manager of any problems, children's illnesses, and absences.
• Ensure the inspirational Enrichment activities, curriculum, and pedagogy are delivered effectively and consistently.
• Keep abreast of all local and national changes that affect early years.
• Use setting observations and information from parents to plan across all areas of learning for the differing needs of children in your key group and to enable their individual potential to be realised.
• Ensure all accidents and incidents are recorded and reported in line with company procedures.
• Keep records of your key children's development and learning journeys and share this with parents, carers, and other key adults in the child's life.
• Work with the setting's SENCO to support children causing concern and lead on the planning and monitoring of your key children's targeted plans.
• Be vigilant in maintaining children's wellbeing, health, and safety, promoting good practice within the setting and reporting any concerns to the setting manager.
• Build and maintain effective communication and positive relationships with other staff, parents, carers, families, and relevant professionals, whilst respecting appropriate confidentiality.
• Maintain all information about children, families, and the setting in a confidential manner.
• Read, understand, and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role as deemed appropriate by the Manager.
• Ensure someone known and agreed by the nursery and parent collects the child.
• Respect the confidentiality of all information received.
• Develop your role within the team, especially as a key person.
• Ensure that mealtimes are a time of pleasant social sharing.
• Ensure the children's dietary and allergy needs are met.
• Washing and changing children as required.
• Ensure good standards of safety, hygiene, and cleanliness are maintained at all times.
• Ensure unwell children are kept calm and safe, and management is notified immediately.
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships and communications with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs.