Summary
An excellent opportunity to work as a nursery assistant at Canopy Nursery. You will receive exceptional support, training and mentoring within the nursery setting and from your skills coach at Juniper Training. You will gain an understanding of policies & procedures and child development and knowledge of EYFS and Canopy curriculum.
What you will do at work
Key tasks and responsibilities:
- Deliver the highest care and education standards and ensure secure knowledge and understanding of policies and procedures and child development and knowledge of EYFS and Canopy curriculum and regulatory standards
- Ensuring internal policies and procedures and legislation from governing bodies are adhered to and demonstrate your knowledge through high standards of practice
- Deliver and support the Canopy curriculum to ensure a child-centred approach to operating all aspects of the nursery and support the observation and planning process meets the needs of all children in line with the Quality Assurance Framework
- Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication with all stakeholders of the nursery and wider Canopy community including parent’s professionals and colleagues
- Ensure keeping health and safety policies and procedures and continuously and demonstrate behaviours that underpin a high performing safety culture
- Working as part of the team to ensure all essential day to day tasks are completed in line with the demands of the area you are working within i.e., hygiene standards and room preparation
- Understand the referral processes when necessary to engage with professionals to support a child referral
- Attend staff meetings and training to ensure a continuation of personal professional development to ensure your knowledge and skills are up to date, full, and relevant to the role
Training
- Level 2 Early Years Practitioner Apprenticeship Standard
- Functional Skills in English and maths, if required
- End Point Assessment
- Work-based learning
Requirements and skills
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Experience of working children
- Caring and compassionate
Qualifications
- GCSE GCSE English and Maths (D-3 or Level 1 FS) – essential
- GCSE GCSE English and Maths (A*-C/9-4 or Level 2 FS) – desired
About this employer
At Canopy we are on a mission to give children the best possible beginnings and help bring more harmony into parents’ busy lives. Offering a supportive, nurturing day care service that’s tailored around each family.
After this apprenticeship
Canopy Children’s Day Nursery will offer further development and progression whenever possible.
Things to consider
Are you able to travel to the nursery within the advertised working hours?