Job Description

Level 3

Childcare Apprenticeship - Westlands Nursery & Pre-school

Shoots Training are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable and hardworking individual to complete their Level 3 Childcare Apprenticeship at Westlands Nursery & Pre-school, Kilkhamton.


Here at Westlands, we understand the importance of the welfare and development of all young children. We have developed our setting from scratch to deliver outstanding care and education. Families can be reassured that their children will be cared for in a safe, supportive and stimulating environment with emphasis on outdoor learning and a love of nature.


We are Registered for '59' children open 50 weeks of the year, 11 hrs a day/ 5 days a week. Our sessions start from 8-6 pm with breakfast/supper club starting the day at 7.30am and extending to 6.30pm. All snacks, homemade chef-cooked hot meals, nappies and wipes are included.

Our Nursery

Wetlands' modern, spacious building offers a friendly, safe place for your children. Designed with young ones in mind, the open partitioning, quality materials and natural colours allow the natural environment to flood in. Three unique rooms were created to cater to different age groups of children but we offer flexibility within the rooms, capturing each unique child's stage of development. We have two dedicated sleep rooms, one which doubles as a wonderful serene sensory room. Our toilets cater for all age groups and needs and includes a specific nappy change area for our babies and toddlers.


The

outside spaces

are well secured environments that provide endless opportunities for the children to explore, play and learn. Some of the activities include

sand and water play, a climbing wall, mud kitchens

, and

growing trays

! We also have many

pets

on site that offer learning opportunities for our children and teaches them the importance of care giving. The babies have a

dedicated outside area

and the pre- schoolchildren have their own dedicated

outside covered space

that provides wonderful opportunities for

outside learning all year round.

With such an inviting outside area, activities are designed with an outdoor approach, encouraging the children to have fun, express themselves, imagine, grow, develop and reach their full potential! But of course, along with all the fun, we ensure our curriculum and overarching principles are applied.

Nourished Tummies Nurtured Minds

Here at Westlands we truly value educating children on the importance of nutritional meals and healthy eating habits. We have found that getting children involved in some part of the gathering (through our allotment club) and/or preparation of a meal can positively impact their willingness to try new foods. Our Westlands chef will prepare wholesome cooked meals for the children. All our meals and snacks are cooked from scratch and local when we can get it. We believe this encourages them to develop a love of fresh and healthy family food whilst we start to develop 'eating together' habits that we know become paramount for family routine and connection with our loved ones.

Extracurricular activities

Our forest school forms the daily basis of our outdoor learning, along with our regularly attended allotment club.


Multi sports skills, street dance, yoga, and use of our local walks and footpaths for pond dipping and nature walks are most certainly on the cards once considerations for Covid are a thing of the past.


We are happy to offer school pick up sessions from Kilkhampton primary school and holiday club for children up to the age of 9 years.

Your duties and responsibilities will include;

Will learn the role of a nursery practitioner Care for and educate children from birth to 5 years of age and assist with their development Undertake all aspects of personal care Assist at mealtimes and snack times General housekeeping duties Assist with setting up the day's activities

Requirements;

You must be able to gain a clear DBS Preferably have GCSE grades A-C or 4-9 in Maths and English, or willing to develop this.
Must have some experience in a nusery setting

Hours;

Westlands Nursery & Pre-school is open from 8:00am - 6:00pm Monday to Friday The successful candidate will be required to work 30 hours per week





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Benefits

Uniform Birthday off
Extended holiday's





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