• Title Nursery Lunch cover - Unqualified
  • Setting Day Nursery / Nursery School
  • Role Other
  • Salary £10 - £12.21 hourly
  • Hours Part Time
  • Location Carshalton, London

Job Summary

Date posted: 3 April 2025
  • Job Reference: SM5 3AL

The Carshalton Day Nursery & Pre School

Nursery Lunch Time Assistant

20 hours per week , 11am - 3pm, Monday - Friday 

Salary ranging from £10.00 - £12.21 per hour depending on qualifications and experience

The Carshalton Day Nursery & Pre School are looking for a Nursery Lunch Time Assistant to join the team and support the practitioners with the children's daily routines across the lunch period. The Carshalton Day Nursery & Pre School we pride ourselves on putting the children at the heart of our team and living in the moment whilst following the interests of the children. A Level 2/ Level 3 childcare qualification is desirable and experience of working with children is essential.

Why Join Us

At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

  • Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays 
  • Childcare Employee Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team member’s
  • Health & Wellbeing: Confidential employee assistance helpline available 
  • Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
  • Transport Links - just a short stroll from Carshalton High Street—only a 2-minute walk away—making it an ideal location for local candidates. Carshalton Station is also within a 10-minute walk, ensuring easy access for commuters
  • Referral Programme- Refer a friend and receive a bonus up to £750 check terms and conditions.
  • Company Pension

Main responsibilities as Nursery Lunch Time Assistant include:

  • Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development
  • Understand and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS are met
  • Ensure the highest levels of cleanliness and hygiene in the nursery, and promote these daily in every routine
  • Undertake any other duties to ensure the smooth running of the nursery, and the safety and wellbeing of children, staff and families
  • Maintain strictly professional relationships and report any complaints or concerns to management in accordance with company policy and procedures

Requirements and Skills for Nursery Lunch Time Assistant:

  • Full and Relevant Level 2 / Level 3 Childcare Qualification - desirable
  • Fluent in written and spoken English - essential
  • Over 1 year’s experience of working in Early Years - desirable
  • Knowledge of the Statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements - desirable

We’re a family by name, and we’re a family by nature too. We are defined in many different ways, by many different people. Different cultures. Different ideas. Different ages, genders and skillsets. Whilst every individual will have their own definition of family, these definitions all come together to show Family First for who we are.

We are:  Defined by Family

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. ?A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

The Carshalton Day Nursery & Pre School is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.

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