Nursery Assistant Harpenden, England
Job description
Nursery: Bright Horizons Harpenden Luton Road Day Nursery and Preschool
Job Type: Full- time / Permanent
Salary: £19,870 - £20,384 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience)
If you are creative, enthusiastic, and have a passion for teaching and developing little minds – our Nursery Assistant opportunity would be perfect for you.
Why Bright Horizons?
We care for over 10,000 children across the UK, across our portfolio of over 300 nurseries, 98% of which are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. We’re on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing.
Our Bright Horizons Harpenden Luton Road Day Nursery and Preschool is Ofsted rated 'Good', and is situated in Harpenden, just a short distance from the town centre with onsite parking available.
The nursery is set in a beautiful converted Victorian house with seven spacious rooms spread over three floors, including a 'must-see' log cabin nursery room. The nursery also benefits from a large outdoor play area which the children enjoy regularly!
What you’ll be doing
Working as part of a nursey team looking after babies and children up to the age of 5.
Having daily adventures with our children through interactive play, activities, reading and helping them with their curious minds through the learning curriculum
Communicating with parents daily on their child’s activities
Provide a caring and supporting environment where the children feel safe and looked after
Listening to the children’s needs and responding in the right way
Creating play and learning opportunities that support the children’s learning
Support Nursery Nurse colleagues encouraging their development towards key milestones
Promote and ensure child welfare, protection, health and safety and safeguarding procedures and policies are followed at all times
What we can offer you
Our benefits include, but are not limited to;
£19,870 - £20,384 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience)
Career development opportunities across our network of nurseries
Opportunity to complete a qualification in Early Years if desired
Amazing discounts, ranging from childcare to high-street, to utility and days out!
Quarterly Employee Appreciation Weeks – with treats for all the team
External helpline with professional counsellors – supporting your wellbeing 24 hours a day.
Access to our extensive library of training and qualifications, to support your continuous development
What we’re looking for
Previous experience working with children (Nursery Bank Staff, Nursery Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Nursery Practitioner, Early Years Educator, Nanny, Childminder or similar)
Passion for making learning fun and engaging for each child
Ability to build trust and strong working relationships with both colleagues and parents
Ability to use a variety of techniques to clearly and successfully communicate with both children and adults
Sound understanding of child protection and the safeguarding of children
This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
We look forward to receiving your application!
If you experience any problems, please email [email protected] and we will be happy to help.
Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. Therefore, it is essential in making your application that you disclose any information requested in respect of applicable convictions and cautions (including, as applicable any reprimands or final warnings). This post may be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, in which case applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act unless the conviction or caution is “protected” as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). Any such ‘protected’ conviction or caution is not subject to disclosure to employers, and cannot be taken into account. All guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found in the DBS filtering collection, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dbs-filtering-guidance . The fact that a pending charge, conviction, caution, reprimand or final warning has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this role but any failure to disclose any such information will result in dismissal or disciplinary action.
