Nursery Bank Staff Member Liverpool, England
Job description
Nursery: Bright Horizons Kirkby Day Nursery and Preschool
Contract type: Permanent / 0-40 hours per week (flexible working)
Salary: £10.42 - £11.00 per hour (depending on experience and qualifications)
Location: Liverpool, Merseyside L33 7ET
If you are creative, enthusiastic, and have a passion for teaching and developing little minds – our Bank Staff Member 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.
Purpose of Role:
This role will be key in delivering high quality engagement with children supporting their developmental needs, whilst ensuring the highest levels of supervision is maintained. You must support and maintain our Keeping Everyone Safe policies and procedures and continuously demonstrate and adhere to safe working practices.
Support the observation and assessment standards Bright Beginnings, Bright Horizons curriculum to ensure a child-centred approach. Working in partnership with parents to support the observation and planning process meets the needs of all children in line with the Quality Assurance Framework. Working to ensure service excellence for our current and prospective customers. This includes role modelling behaviour in line our HEART principles and Bright Promise to deliver exceptional care and education.
In addition, this role will work with the room leader together with Early Childhood Specialists to drive continuous improvement and embed inspirational early years pedagogy of the highest standard and secure regulatory compliance with better than National Average inspection outcomes in the UK.
You will support in sharing and articulating the attributes of the Bright Horizons brand, securing Bright Horizons as the provider of choice for families, corporate clients, and employees.
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:
- £10.42 - £11.00 per hour (depending on experience and qualifications)
- 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 utilities 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)
- A level 2 or level 3 childcare qualification
- 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
- reflect the needs, interests and stages of development of the child by effective delivery of the key person approach.
- Support to ensure children within your key person group are meeting their milestones for personal development.
- To provide support for your colleagues within the nursery and across the broader business when required.
- Attendance at staff meetings and training sessions to ensure continuous professional development.
Essential Experience:
- Proven ability to work as part of team to ensure essential day to day tasks are completed in line with nursery demands ie. Hygiene standards and room preparation.
- Sound understanding of child protection and safeguarding children.
- Passion for ongoing learning and personal development
Experience Desirable:
- Experience as a key person
- Current 12hrs paediatric First Aid Certificate
- Knowledge of the early year’s curriculum and regulatory requirement.
- Experience of food preparation and the completion of relevant training linked to food management
- Work experience within the Early Years Sector
- Knowledge of Local Authority and Regulatory requirements and inspection processes across the UK
- Working within policies, procedures, and regulatory requirement.
- Specific Experience of working within the 0-2years age group in accordance with the regulatory requirements if required
Qualifications:
- Full and relevant Level 1 or equivalent in childcare
- 12 hours paediatric first aid (Can be completed as part of induction)
- Food Hygiene or equivalent training and compliance in food management (Can be completed as part of induction)
- Relevant safeguarding/child protection training undertaken and a willingness to update training regularly (Can be completed as part of inductins)
Personal Attributes:
- Able to communicate clearly with adults and children using a variety of techniques (oral and in writing)
- Ability to support and inspire children in achieving the highest standards of care and education.
- Able to manage workload and manage time effectively
- Able and competent user of company ICT systems and have the willingness to learn and develop ICT skills
- Enjoyment of working with a wide group of colleagues and professionals
We look forward to receiving your application!
If you experience any problems, please email [email protected] and we will be happy to help.
