Job Description

Join Our Passionate Team at The Kentish Town Day Nursery - Where Every Day is an Adventure in Learning!

Are you a nurturing and enthusiastic childcare professional ready to make a real difference in little lives? We're on the lookout for a dedicated

Early Years Nursery Assistant

to help cover

Lunches

andbecome part of our warm and welcoming team at

The Kentish Town Day Nursery

.the Nursery is located in the heart of

Camden Town

, If you love childcare and want to make a positive impact, we'd love to hear from you!

Salary - 13,150 working

20 hours a week, 11am - 3pm Monday to Friday all year round.

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 -

the nursery is situated on

Ryland Road

, just off

Prince of Wales Road

, with excellent transport links. It's a short walk from

Kentish Town West (overground)

,

Kentish Town

, and

Chalk Farm (underground)

stations, providing easy access to the Northern Line.

Referral Programme-

Refer a friend and receive a bonus up to 750 check terms and conditions.

Company Pension

Nursery Assistant main responsibilities include:

Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all times Understand the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS and staff:child ratios Provide engaging and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent Observe and support children's development, update the EyLog system and children's learning journals with accuracy and relevance, and seek guidance from colleagues or Room Leader if in doubt Provide the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development

Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

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 Kentish Town 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.