Job description
£22,000
7 Weeks of paid Holidays
38 hours per week
Visa sponsorship available
Les Petites Etoiles and Bilingual nurseries are high-quality bilingual nurseries, providing spacious, bright classrooms for children to learn, grow and play.
The quality of our nursery depends on the quality of our staff. We strive for our nurseries to achieve the highest quality and professionalism. Our staff and their well-being are hugely important to us.
Required Qualifications:
You will be required to study for an Early Years qualification recognised by OFSTED to learn the EYFS.
Role:
The chosen candidate will be a French-speaking key person in waiting working within the baby room (bunnies).
- You will assist with all daily routines, supervise the children in their daily activities, helping to organise and prepare activities and materials.
- Assisting with settling new children following the Settling in Policy and guidelines contained in our Policies.
- Supporting the children with their personal care routines.
- Supporting the Key person with duties that must be carried out throughout the day.
Qualifications:
We can recruit from a wide range of experience.
We are especially interested in candidates with the following qualifications:
CAP Petites Enfance
Diplôme d'Etat d'Auxiliaire de Puériculture
Diplôme d'Etat d'Educateur de Jeunes Enfant
Required Skills:
- Ability to communicate with and understand children.
- Great people skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with parents
- Good level of spoken and written English (AND French if working as a French speaker).
- Competent IT skills (Word, email)
- Confidence to put into practice what you know
- Great listening skills
- Problem-solving & a positive can-do attitude
- Resilient (strong) yet also caring and great empathy
- Able to take constructive criticism
- Able to be self-reflective to improve constantly
We will provide training and support to help everyone who works in our team.
Safeguarding:
Les Petites Etoiles and Bilingual nurseries are dedicated to taking every possible step to ensure the highest levels of child protection and safeguarding.
All references will be thoroughly checked, and we will apply for a DBS update service and a DBS equivalent from any country the applicant was in before the UK and within the last 5 years.
- Children and young people should never experience abuse of any kind
- We have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people, to keep them safe and to practise in a way that protects them.
Equal Opportunities:
We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.