About us
The Treehouse Club is an award-winning Nursery Group, priding ourselves on delivering high levels of education, concentrating on child and team wellbeing, and creating amazing adventures for children and team members.
We pride ourselves on a culture of community and connection and would love you to be part of our team!
Job Overview:
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Nursery Support Assistant to join our early childhood education team. This role involves providing personalised support to children within a nursery setting, ensuring their developmental needs are met with care and professionalism. The successful candidate will work closely with children, staff, and parents to foster a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment. Previous nursery experience and a passion for working with children are desirable for this position. Hourly rate from £12.81 for unqualified practitioners.
Hours:
30 hours per week 8am-4pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
Responsibilities:
- Offer one-to-one support to children with specific care or developmental needs, ensuring their individual requirements are met effectively.
- Assist in implementing personalised learning plans under the guidance of senior staff or early childhood educators.
- Support children's emotional well-being by providing reassurance, encouragement, and positive interaction.
- Supervise children during activities, playtimes, and mealtimes to promote safety and engagement.
- Maintain accurate records of children's progress and behaviour as required.
- Collaborate with team members to plan and deliver engaging activities tailored to each child's interests and abilities.
- Communicate effectively with parents and carers regarding their child's progress and any concerns that may arise.
- Uphold health and safety standards within the nursery environment at all times.
Benefits of our nursery practitioners include:
- Free daily lunch cooked by our onsite chef
- Free parking
- Extra birthday day off on us!
- Pension Scheme
- Well-being package including a video library of wellbeing tools
- Staff events including awards, family BBQ's and much more!
- Opportunities to experience Forest School (and create some S'mores!)
- A company commitment to your succession with bespoke succession planning and tailored CPD
Desired Qualities:
- Knowledge of early childhood education principles and childcare practices.
- Level 2 or 3 Early Years Childcare.
Must have:
- Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written.
- Demonstrated ability to work well within a team and independently when required.
- Compassionate attitude with genuine interest in child welfare and development.
Safer recruitment:
The Treehouse Forestry Nursery and Out of School Club applies safer recruitment policies to ensure that all of our staff are suitable to work with children and young people. We advise you in advance that two people will be involved in your recruitment process. Both people will partake in your interview and each person will individually review all applications and paperwork to ensure that you are suitable for the role.
Part of our safer recruitment procedure includes obtaining references for you. One of these references must be your latest employer. If you are unable to obtain a reference before the interview from your current employer then you must obtain references from the employer before that as well as one other reference.
References from former employers are preferable over any other referee. Please note that we will need to obtain a reference from your latest employer before completing our processes for you to commence working for us.
We are at liberty to advise you that if there are gaps in your employment history or any other information that gives us cause for concern, we will contact your former employers to obtain further information and satisfy any concerns that we have.
Eligibility to work within the UK:
We will need to obtain evidence from you to confirm that you are eligible to work within the UK. We confirm that this information, as well as all personal information, will be held in our Staff Central Record.
We do not offer sponsorship to overseas workers.
Job Type: Temp to perm
Contract length: 12 months
Pay: From £12.81 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Experience:
- Nursery: 1 year (required)
- working with SEND children: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
