Flitwick Day Nursery
Nursery Assistant
Hourly: £12.71 per hour
Monday - Friday, All year round. 11:00am - 14:30pm
Flitwick Day Nursery is excited to welcome a dedicated Level 2 Nursery Practitioner to our team on a full-time basis working 32 hours per week.
The nursery is just a dew minutes from Woburn Centre PARC, only a minute from Flitwick railway station and 9 minutes from Ampthill. Flitwick Day Nursery is perfectly located for your commute to Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Milton Keynes, London and surrounding areas.
Requirements:
As a Nursery Assistant Lunch Cover, you will:
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Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments, and resources for children that are appropriate to their age and stage of development.
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Understand and support the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS.
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Maintain high levels of cleanliness and hygiene within the nursery and promote these daily through routines.
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Build and maintain professional relationships, reporting any complaints or concerns to management in line with company policies and procedures.
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Support a strong key person approach to help children form secure attachments and provide cover for children when colleagues are absent.
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Attend regular team meetings to remain updated on priorities, developments, and company policies and procedures.
What we are looking for:
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Fluent in written and spoken English – essential.
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Previous experience working with children or within an Early Years environment – desirable.
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A caring, positive, and enthusiastic approach.
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Good communication and teamwork skills.
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Knowledge of the EYFS framework and safeguarding practices – desirable, but training can be provided.
At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
Annual leave: 24 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays and an extra paid day off for your birthday
Childcare discount: 75% off nursery fees for team members
Wellbeing support: Access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme helpline
Learning and development: Tailored training and development opportunities to support your career growth
Pension: Company pension scheme
Employee discounts: Access to Perkaboo employee discounts
Mentoring: Employee mentoring programme
Health and wellbeing: Dedicated health and wellbeing support
Refer a Friend scheme: Earn up to £750 through our referral programme
Apply now to join our family, fulfil your career where everyone matters and everyone makes a difference. We look forward to receiving your application!
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.
Flitwick Nursery is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.
