Cheeky Monkeys Childcare are looking to recruit a Level 3 Early Years Educator Apprentice to join their team in September!
Cheeky Monkeys Childcare offers a safe, nurturing environment within our 52 place nursery, where all children will get the attention and care that they need.
Key Responsibilities
- To participate in all aspects of daily routines, health and hygiene and safety and fully implement policies related to those areas.
- To ensure that every child feels secure, safe and successful within the nursery.
- To provide a happy safe environment where children continue to thrive and develop to their full potential.
- To contribute to the intellectual, physical, social, emotional and moral development of all children.
- Communicate with the nursery manager and deputy manager to identify and provide for the needs of individual children within the room.
- To support individual children with special needs identified by the nursery.
- To contribute in a team situation to the orderly management and maintenance of the established daily routines.
- To ease the children's transition from home to nursery and to recognise the importance of creating positive links with parents in line with nursery policies i.e. visits and meetings with parents.
- To liase with parents and carers for the development of a close relationships and to ensure they are well informed of the day to day running of the nursery.
- To respect the confidentiality of all information relating to the children, their families and the nursery. This includes adhering to the data protection act.
- To assist with children's independence e.g. toileting.
- To contribute to the preparation and presentation of displays.
- To be involved in out of working hours activities e.g. training, staff meetings, parent play days and fundraising events.
Personal Qualities
- Good organisational, record keeping and planning skills.
- Punctuality.
- Excellent communication skills, with children, colleagues, advisors and parents/carers.
- Patience.
- Empathy with children, colleagues and parents/carers.
- Reliability and trustworthy.
- Enthusiasm for working with young children.
- Flexibility - occasionally working hours may change.
- Able to work as a team.
Working hours
Monday - Friday 7.30am-5.30pm
Annual leave entitlement
28 days