Bank Staff Nursery Assistant

Kidsplay Childcare are committed to providing top quality childcare for all ages. With 4 Day Nurseries in Milton Keynes, as well as other settings across the UK.

We now have a brand new opportunity available for an Early Years Practitioner to join us initially on a Bank Staff contract, providing sickness and holiday cover to our 4 Milton Keynes based nurseries.

This exciting role, is unique and different. You will get to work in lots of different environments.

We are looking for someone who is happy to "muck in".... From playing with the children, to helping prepare snacks, tidying areas, creating new play zones... The role is so varied, there's no time to get bored!!

Responsibilities and Duties

• To support the day to day responsibility for the efficient running of the setting facility.
• To support your colleagues and work as part of a team in providing a safe, caring and stimulating environment for all children. (Ages range from 6 weeks to 13 years dependent on setting).
• To assist in the development of an attractive stimulating range of equipment, activities and displays relevant to the age and needs of the children in the setting, which encourage independence, self motivation and eagerness to learn.
• To treat information of matters relating to the work within the setting as confidential.
• To ensure the highest standards of safety, hygiene and welfare whilst maintaining adequate supervision of the conduct of the children attending the setting.
• To ensure company policies and procedures are followed at all times.
• To help support the management team to ensure that the Ofsted standards including EYFS is followed at all times.
• To support the management team in striving to deliver an outstanding setting
• Any other duties that may be required.

Qualifications and Skills

Whilst being flexible in regards to qualifications, we are looking for someone special... We are looking for someone with a natural passion and ability to work with children. (The one thing we can't teach!)

You will be hard working and motivated to hit the ground running and add value to our fun and hard working teams. You will thrive in a busy environment, and always be on hand with new ideas and activities. Ideally you will have experience in a similar role working with children aged 0-5 years.

Our nurseries are open from 7:30am-6:00pm, Monday - Friday, so shift patterns will be between these hours. Please note that as this is a flexible, bank staff position, your working hours may differ from week to week.

Kids Play Childcare Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any employment is engaged. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In the event of candidates not being part of the DBS update service, Kids Play Childcare Group will pay for a new disclosure to be carried out, however employees will be responsible for payment to subscribe to the update service. Individuals must register within 14 days of the date of the disclosure, otherwise they must pay for a new disclosure to be done again.