Position: Nursery Assistant
Pay: £13.01 per hour (£25,707.76 per annum)
Location: Muddy Puddles Nursery, Norwich
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours per week: 38 hours per week
Work Pattern: worked part time as part of a rota, up to 4 days per week over 52 weeks of the year
Are you kind, enthusiastic and passionate about helping young children thrive?
Do you want to begin or develop your career in Early Years within a supportive and nurturing environment?
Muddy Puddles Nursery is looking for a caring and reliable Nursery Assistant to join our friendly team, supporting children aged 3 months to 5 years.
About The Role
As a Nursery Assistant, you will work closely with qualified Nursery Practitioners and Room Leaders to help deliver a high-quality early years provision that puts childrens wellbeing, learning and development at the heart of everything we do.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with children, is keen to learn, and would like to gain hands-on experience while working towards a childcare qualification.
Further information can be found at Nursery Assistant Job Description
What Youll Be Doing
- Supporting the delivery of engaging, play-based activities in line with the EYFS framework
- Helping to create a warm, welcoming and inclusive environment for children and families
- Providing close supervision during play, mealtimes and rest periods
- Assisting with daily care routines including hygiene, toileting and mealtimes
- Supporting practitioners with observations and simple record keeping
- Building positive relationships with parents/carers through friendly, professional communication
- Promoting positive behaviour, inclusion and respect for diversity
- Ensuring high standards of hygiene, health and safety across the nursery
- Working as part of a committed team to support the smooth running of the nursery
What Were Looking For
You dont need to be qualified already were looking for the right attitude and values.
Essential:
- A genuine passion for working with children
- A caring, patient and calm approach
- Good communication skills
- Ability to work well as part of a team and follow guidance
- Understanding of safeguarding and child protection
- GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths
- Willingness to work towards a childcare qualification
- Reliable, punctual and professional
Desirable (but not essential):
- Previous experience with children (nursery, babysitting, volunteering, etc.)
- Basic understanding of child development
- Knowledge of the EYFS
- Paediatric First Aid or Food Hygiene training
The Organisation
At YMCA Norfolk we are hope filled, inspiring and empowering.
We aim to offer meaningful opportunities to make a difference in the lives of young people. We place young people at the heart of all we do and are committed to building an organisation that is responsive to the needs of young people within our community.
As a value-driven organisation we want our identity to run through everything we do, so we aim to create a welcoming and inclusive environment for not only the young people we serve but our staff too. Working at YMCA Norfolk is an opportunity to be a part of an organisation which is challenging, innovative, rewarding and most importantly fun!
For more information on this role, please contact [email protected].
Benefits
- Health Care Plan
- 34 days (pro rata) per annum inclusive of Bank and Public Holidays
- An additional day of annual leave (pro rata) awarded after 5 and 10 years of continuous Long Service
- Access to contributory stakeholder pension scheme after 3 months
- Health and wellbeing events and activities
- Family friendly policies
- In service training opportunities and bursaries investing in your development
- Annual staff day and staff awards to celebrate our successes
- Death in service benefit of 2 x annual salary
- Regular line management and support
- Staff discount at Williams Kitchen Café, Explorers Soft Play & Muddy Puddles Nursery
We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and submit your application form as soon as possible.
YMCA Norfolk is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Please note the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Enhanced DBS check prior to starting employment.
Written references will be obtained for the successful candidate that will cover the previous 5 years of employment. The successful candidate will be advised that an offer of employment is subject to us obtaining a minimum of two references which are satisfactory to YMCA Norfolk. Character references may be sought where it is not possible to obtain employment references.
YMCA Norfolk will consider all applications, however this role does not meet the salary requirements for sponsorship.
If you require an alternative method of applying, or documents in a different format, please email our HR Team via [email protected]
