Apprentice Nursery Assistant

About this opportunity

This is a fantastic opportunity at a fairly new nursery setting based in the heart of a community in Denton. The setting is newly refurbished and beautifully done, which creates a great place to work.

A normal day would include

Specific Child Care Tasks:

• To help in the preparation and completion of activities to suit the child's stage of development
• To ensure that mealtimes are a time of pleasant social sharing
• Washing and changing children as required
• Providing comfort and warmth to a poorly child
• To ensure the provision of a high quality environment to meet the needs of individual children from differing cultures and religious backgrounds, and stages of development.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• To contribute a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children placed in the Nursery
• To give support to other personnel within the Nursery
• To help to implement the daily routine in the base room
• To contribute to a programme of activities suitable to the age range of children in your area in conjunction with other staff
• To assist in keeping records of achievement on file for parents
• Support all staff and engage in a good staff team
• Liaise with and support parents and other family members
• To attend out of working hours activities, e.g. training, parents evenings, summer fayre, Christmas party, etc.
• To be flexible within the working practices of the Nursery
• Be prepared to help where needed, including to undertake certain domestic jobs within the Nursery, e.g. cleansing of equipment etc.
• Staff are responsible for their own rooms so you are required to keep your room clean and tidy.

What you could go on to do?
On successful completion of your L2 Qualification, Jungle Junction will offer you the opportunity to progress on to L3 EYE, which will come with a role of a room team leader.

How you will be supported?
Full training and support will be provided by our expert training and assessment staff at The Growth Company.

What will happen next?
New applicants to The Growth Company who meet any basic entry requirements of the role will be contacted within two working days to be invited to meet a member of our team. You will then have the opportunity to find out:
• More about this vacancy and any others you are suitable for
• Any training you need to complete
• What the next steps will be

How you could get there?
If you would be catching public transport for this role, visit the Journey Planner on www.tfgm.com to see how you would get there and how long it would take.

What you should have to apply

Maths and English GCSE A-C/9-4

Personal Qualities

• Caring personality
• Enthusiastic about working with Children
• Calming nature
• Excellent timekeeper
• Reliable
• Good team player

Skills

• Team Work - support all staff and engage in a good staff team
• Good communication skills
• Ability to communicate well with adults and children
• Ability to write legibly and good presentation skills
• Computer literate
• Good organisational skills
• Demonstrate creative ability
• Able to keep confidentiality.