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Job Description
REPORTS TO
- Nursery Assistant Room leaders are responsible initially to the Room Leader, the Nursery Manager, and in their absence to the named individual as per the management structure of the nursery.
JOB PURPOSE
- Nursery Assistants ensure high quality, balanced provision of leading practice education and care is delivered; creating a safe, caring, and welcoming setting in which parents are happy to entrust their child and where their child is encouraged and supported to flourish in an enabling and stimulating environment.
- To adhere to Kinder Day Nursery policies and procedures and meet legislative requirements and following education curriculum, delivering standards that ensure the highest possible inspection grading.
- To promote a successful business with a first-class reputation, engaging with the local community and marketing the nursery whilst providing excellent customer care.
JOB DUTIES
- To ensure operational policies and procedures implemented by Kinder Day Nursery are adhered to, ensuring relevant legislation is met.
- Maintain and promote the brand of Kinder Day Nursery.
- To support and demonstrate inspiring and ambitious practice.
- Respond professionally to complaints (verbal/written), recording and reporting to management, and assist positively with any actions required.
- Assist with Quality Improvement Visits and Inspections.
- Adhere to room ratios in line with policy and rotas.
- Ensure daily room registers and records of children in attendance are accurate.
- Adhere to Health and Safety policies, completing risk assessments, hazard logs, and documentation as set out in the operational plan.
- To participate in the emergency and security procedures such as emergency evacuation, door security, and e-safety.
- Be alert to issues of safeguarding, ensuring that the welfare and safety of the children and adults are paramount, recording and reporting any concerns to the DSL.
- Maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in practice, ensuring relevant documentation is completed as required.
- Active involvement in staff meetings, which support continually evolving high standards of practice.
- To understand key children’s culture, level of development and identify next steps with line managers' support.
- To work with colleagues in observation, assessment, and planning, to ensure the provision of a stimulating environment with a balance of challenging and inspiring child/adult lead activities reflecting children’s individual needs and interests.
- To ensure the detailed record-keeping for key children’s development maintaining these records on a regular basis with quality meaningful observations and assessments and involve parents in the process of planning and sharing of children’s progress.
- Support the settling in of new children in a sensitive manner, ensuring all relevant documentation is completed, liaising closely with parents and staff to ensure home life and children’s interests are utilized for reassurance.
Customer Service Operations
- To participate in informative, professional, and welcoming show rounds to prospective customers.
- Maintain confidentiality of sensitive family information whilst adhering to child protection policy and procedures.
- Contribute to nursery communication with parents via newsletters, parent’s evenings, open days/evenings, building and maintaining strong key person relationships.
- To undertake such other duties as reasonably requested by the Manager to work in a flexible way when occasions that tasks arise which are not specifically covered in their job description.
Job Requirements
- Perfect Command of both written & spoken English is a MUST.
- Nursery Teaching Experience is preferred
- English Fluency is a must
- Preferably Females
