Job Description
- Must be confident to participate in all activities, like story time, dancing and singing and role play with the children.
- Provide an exceptionally high standard of care to all children within the setting.
- Implement appropriate activities for the children’s age, stage and ability.
- Maintain a high standard of cleanliness to your base room. Rooms must be attractively laid out so that children have lots of play opportunities.
- Never do anything that may jeopardise the safety or welfare of the children within our care or the staff at the setting.
- Play and talk to the children at their level. Encourage them to become independent, secure and confident.
- Manage children’s behaviour appropriately, never shout at them or threaten them. Use the behaviour strategy.
- Maintain an exceptionally high standard of hygiene within the setting, and completing appropriate checklists.
- Assist in the personal hygiene needs of the children taking care to meet individual needs. To ensure that during nappy changing or toileting times levels of cleanliness are maintained.
- Be friendly and approachable, welcoming to parents and children.
- Work as a member of a team and be flexible to work within other age groups as appropriate.
- Take direction from qualified staff and Room Supervisors.
- Undertake any extra duties that may ensure the best operation of the company such as cleaning, sterilization and food preparation.
- Maintain a smart, clean and presentable appearance.
- Promote anti-discriminatory practice to all staff, students and volunteers
- To ensure that settings related business is kept confidential. Failure to do so is in breach of your Contract of Employment.
- Attend training as directed by the Operations Director or Childcare Coordinator.
- Remember working with children has its ups and downs. It is fun and rewarding but can be hard work
Personal Qualities :
Friendly, approachable and enjoys working with children.
Skills Required :
- Good communication skills
- Being able to use owns initiative
Future Prospects : Possible full time job if applicant completes the course and qualifies
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