Nursery Assistant- Lunch Time cover

We currently have part-time roles available in our nursery team, ideally for qualified people (or those who have relevant experience of working with young children and babies). You will work for 3.5 hours each day, 17.5 hours each week, on Mondays – Fridays throughout the year, to help us make sure we maintain our staffing ratios during the busy nursery lunchtime period. As a member of our nursery team, you will help us to deliver the EYFS curriculum, which ensures a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children attending the nursery. You will work closely with other staff to provide a stimulating, safe and caring learning environment appropriate to the needs of the children in our care. Here is a more detailed look at the role of Nursery Assistant in The Lodge Day Nursery: ● To work closely with the Room Leader, Deputy Room Leader and other staff to provide a stimulating, safe and caring learning environment appropriate to the needs of the children in the nursery. ● To work as a member of the nursery team to promote the physical, emotional, intellectual and social development of the children in the nursery. ● To plan, prepare and set out in an appropriate way, in cooperation with the room team, activities related to the nursery themes or agreed programme. ● To initiate, facilitate and evaluate programmes of activities (age appropriate) for groups and/or individuals, for example, story sessions, listening and reading, art and craft work, computer activities, cooking, music, dance, special needs activities in consultation with the nursery team. ● To ensure that the materials, equipment and resources are available for groups and/or individuals to undertake planned activities, to tidy up at the end of the session and to encourage children to help whenever possible. ● To share and at times to take sole responsibility for groups of children working in areas (both inside and outside under the direction of qualified staff) where a