Day Care Assistant

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, dedicated qualified early years educator to our thriving Day Care provision which comprises an under twos room and a two to three year olds room.

Experience of working with early years children is essential and a minimum of level three early years qualification. We are looking for a member of staff who works well as part of a team, demonstrates good initiative and is clear about how to support and develop children’s wellbeing and progress under the guidance of the Day Care Manager.

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic, creative and nurturing qualified early years level 3 educator with the ability to:

• plan and provide engaging age and stage appropriate activities for children in the Day Care
• form warm, positive relationships with young children quickly
• work in partnership with our families
• enjoy working as part of a team
• have a caring, calm and relational approach to managing behaviour
• be skilled at engaging in high-quality interactions with children to support their learning, development and wellbeing
• have a robust understanding of the EYFS statutory requirements and curriculum
• be excited at the prospect of joining a thriving, well respected and popular local authority maintained nursery school.

Safeguarding is a very important aspect of Plym Bridge Nursery School & Day Care. All applicants will be expected to have a fully enhanced DBS check and disclose any issues which may be relevant to them working in a nursery.

We offer a warm, friendly, motivated team who are passionate about caring for and supporting young children to reach their full potential through providing high quality early years education, rooted in evidence-based best practice.

We are able to offer an excellent support package of professional development for our staff and are dedicated to ensuring they are kept up to date with the latest research based strategies and initiatives. We are part of the IDEAL Alliance which is a group of high-achieving schools and early years settings striving to provide excellence in education for 0 - 11-year-olds.

We are a family of one local authority-maintained primary school, Plymouth's two maintained nursery schools, two Day Care provisions, one nursery PVI setting, the city's Specialist Early Years Communication and Language Support team and the Early Years Southwest Stronger Practice Hub, for which we are the lead partner.

We place our IDEAL principles at the heart of all we do - Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Achievement and Leadership and believe that these values ensure that everyone feels that they belong and are able to thrive and flourish.

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.