Apprentice Nursery Assistant

About this opportunity

This is a fantastic opportunity at a fairly new nursery setting based in the heart of a community in Denton. The setting is newly refurbished and beautifully done, which creates a great place to work.

Jungle Junction have 2 Apprenticeship opportunities for young people who are extremely eager, and willing to be committed to a career in Childcare. You would join a friendly team of 7 employees, all of whom will offer you support and guidance throughout your Apprenticeship here. This vacancy comes with excellent progression/career opportunities!

A normal day would include

Duties and Responsibilities:

To contribute a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children placed in the Nursery
To give support to other personnel within the Nursery
To help to implement the daily routine in the base room
To contribute to a programme of activities suitable to the age range of children in your area in conjunction with other staff
To assist in keeping records of achievement on file for parents
Support all staff and engage in a good staff team
Liaise with and support parents and other family members
To attend out of working hours activities, e.g. training, parents evenings, summer fayre, Christmas party, etc.
To be flexible within the working practices of the Nursery
Be prepared to help where needed, including to undertake certain domestic jobs within the Nursery, e.g. cleansing of equipment etc.
Staff are responsible for their own rooms so you are required to keep your room clean and tidy.

Specific Child Care Tasks:

To help in the preparation and completion of activities to suit the child's stage of development
To ensure that mealtimes are a time of pleasant social sharing
Washing and changing children as required
Providing comfort and warmth to a poorly child
To ensure the provision of a high quality environment to meet the needs of individual children from differing cultures and religious backgrounds, and stages of development.

What you could go on to do?
On successful completion of your L2 Qualification, Jungle Junction will offer you the opportunity to progress on to L3 EYE, which will come with a role of a room team leader.

How you will be supported?
Full training and support will be provided by our expert training and assessment staff at The Skills Company.

What will happen next?
A CV MUST BE UPLOADED TO APPLY FOR THIS VACANCY, OTHERWISE YOU MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED.

New applicants to The Skills Company who meet any basic entry requirements of the role will be contacted within two working days to be invited to meet a member of our team. You will then have the opportunity to find out:
• More about this vacancy and any others you are suitable for
• Any training you need to complete
• What the next steps will be

How you could get there?
If you would be catching public transport for this role, visit the Journey Planner on www.tfgm.com to see how you would get there and how long it would take.

What you should have to apply

Maths and English GCSE A-C.

Personal Qualities

Caring personality
Enthusiastic about working with Children
Calming nature
Excellent timekeeper
Reliable
Good team player.

Skills

Team Work - support all staff and engage in a good staff team
Good communication skills
Ability to communicate well with adults and children
Ability to write legibly and good presentation skills
Computer literate
Good organisational skills
Demonstrate creative ability
Able to keep confidentiality.