Nursery Assistant Unqualified

Happy Days Nurseries & Pre-Schools; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a kind and friendly Unqualified Nursery Assistant to join their welcoming team in Portsmouth. In this vital role, you'll shape the early experiences of children, ensuring their safety and development in a supportive environment. Your passion for childcare and creativity will be essential as you plan engaging learning opportunities tailored to children's interests. With a focus on collaboration and effective communication with families, this position offers a fulfilling chance to make a difference in children's lives. Join a nurturing team dedicated to outstanding childcare and professional growth.

Benefits

50% Childcare Discount

Up to 4 Days gifted Christmas Closedown

Ongoing professional development opportunities

Supportive and inclusive work environment

Opportunities for career growth

Qualifications

• Passion for childcare and experience with children essential.
• Knowledge of EYFS framework and ability to plan activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe and enriching environment for children.
• Plan and implement learning opportunities for key children.

Skills

Experience working with children

Knowledge of EYFS framework

Planning educational activities

Effective communication

Education

Experience in nursery or early years environment

Job description

• Portsmouth, UK
• Posted 1 day ago
• £10.00 -£12.21 per hour, dependent on age. GBP / Year
  
  

Happy Days Nurseries recently acquired Teddy Bears Nursery in Portsmouth is seeking kind and friendly Unqualified Nursery Assistant to join their welcoming team.

What Will You Be Doing

As an Unqualified Nursery Assistant, you will play a crucial role in shaping the early experiences of children in our care. You will be responsible for providing a safe, supportive, and enriching environment that fosters children’s development from birth-5. So if you have previous experience working with children, your passion for childcare, creativity, and dedication will make you an essential part of our team.

A pivotal part of the role will be your ability to plan and implement exciting learning opportunities for a group of key children, ensuing your children’s interests and developmental stages are catered to, whilst also ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all children in our care.

Happy days strives to foster a real team ethos within our nurseries, so you will have the opportunity to work within a thriving busy team environment. You will therefore collaborate effectively to maintain a clean, safe and organised nursery which has the children and families’ best interests at heart.

Beyond the care of our children, our families are at the centre of everything we do, therefore our Nursery Assistants will communicate effectively with our families, creating professional relationships and keeping them consistently informed about their child’s progress and wellbeing.

Who We’re Looking For

Our ideal Nursery Assistant will have an evident passion for making a difference within the sector, with experience within a nursery or other relevant education/early years environment being essential.

A knowledge and understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework and how to implement this effectively (or a willingness to complete training to upskill) with a group of key children will be vital within the role, along with an ability to plan meaningful and educational activities for our children.

Safeguarding our children is of the utmost importance at Happy Days, consequently you will show a strong commitment to well-being and safeguarding of all children in your care and take steps to ensure this is upheld consistently.

Experience with forming positive and professional relationships by communicating effectively with our children, parents and families will be essential and whilst experience within a nursery setting is highly advantageous, all candidates with experience working with children will be considered for this role.

What We Can Offer You

• Hourly wage of £10.00 -£12.21 per hour, dependent on age.
• 50% Childcare Discount
• Up to 4 Days gifted Christmas Closedown
• Ongoing professional development opportunities.
• Supportive and inclusive work environment.
• Opportunities for career growth within the organisation.
  
  

Our teams, whether in our nurseries or our support centre SHINE, they ensure we are delivering outstanding childcare to every child in our settings every day, this helps to make Happy Days a great place to work. By ensuring we are always recruiting, retaining and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues, who are representative of the communities within which our nurseries sits gives us the best opportunity to continue to deliver outstanding childcare

“Happy Days Nurseries are committed to the safety and wellbeing of the children in our care, as such the successful post holder will be required to undergo a robust vetting process, including an enhanced DBS Check and Reference History Checks”

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