Apprentice Nursery Nurse

About this opportunity

Apprentice Nursery Nurse required at Tiddlywinks Day Nursery in Taunton Street, Ancoats.

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 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 keep a proper record of achievement file on your key children, for parents
Work alongside parents of special needs children to give full integration in the Nursery
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, monthly staff meetings, parents evenings, summer fayre, Christmas party, etc
To be flexible within working practices of 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.

Specific Child Care Tasks:

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.

What you should have to apply

GCSE's or equivalent in Maths and English at Grade C or above.

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.