Monkey Puzzle Woodford are looking for fantastic Lunch Time Cover Support to join our nursery team and help to provide outstanding education and early years childcare for our children.
Why Us?
As part of Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries, you will be joining our caring, welcoming and supportive team. Our vision is to inspire change through excellence in childcare, creating a positive impact for generations to come.
For over 20 years, Monkey Puzzle has been providing children the highest quality of care with unlimited opportunities to grow, learn, develop and flourish in our safe and secure environments.
Key Responsibilites
- Under the guidance of qualified nursery practitioners, you will provide the highest level of care and education for all children attending the setting.
- Adhere to all company policies and procedures
- Provide a positive practice role model
- Contribute to a high standard of quality within the nursery, including practice, environment and resources to meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage
- Prepare and supervise activities under the guidance of qualified practitioners
- Supervise and support children at all times
- Ensure that equality of access and opportunity is provided to all children, parents, staff and visitors
- Ensure that all children are kept safe
- Notify Designated Officer of any safeguarding concerns
- Maintain a positive attitude at all times with children, parents, colleagues and visitors
- Develop and maintain professional working relationships with colleagues, parents and carers
- Ensure confidentiality, where appropriate, is maintained
- Adhere to all health and safety policies and procedures and undertake a shared responsibility for cleanliness and health and safety throughout the nursery
- Work as part of a team to ensure the company’s values are maintained
- Attend regular staff meetings and undertake training as required
- Undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by line manager
The duties and responsibilities included in this job specification are not exhaustive or restrictive and can be reviewed at any time in the future, changes and other duties deemed relevant to this post may be added.
Why you?
- You will be able to help provide high standards of care and education to meet the individual needs of the children
- You are able to provide play based learning opportunities for all children
- You will be able to adhere to all company policies and procedures and maintain positive working relationships with the team, parents and carers
- You will know when to report issues of concern to a senior team member
- You have a positive attitude and creative ideas to inspire learning
- You have good verbal and written communication skills with adults and children
- You will have great planning and organisation skills
- You will have a willingness to learn
- You will ensure high levels of interaction with children in order to help extend their learning
- You will support children at mealtimes ensuring these provide a positive social experience for the children
- You will provide support for children who are transitioning to new settings
- You will help children with feeding, changing clothes, nappies, toileting etc
Essentials
- Experience of working with children
Great to haves
- Full and relevant level 2 in Early Years
- Food Hygiene Level 2
- FGM
- Safeguarding
- PaediatricFirst Aid
