Job title: preschool assistant
Job Description:
Helping the Pre-school Teacher to provide safe, high quality education and care for pre-school children. To help the Pre-school Teacher to fulfil legal and statutory requirements and to contribute to/implement pre-school policies. To work as part of the pre-school team under the direction of the Preschool teacher and management team.
Assistant duties:
🙂To provide a high quality of education and learning and offer appropriate stimulation and support to children attending the setting.
🙂To ensure that the welfare and safety of children is promoted with the setting and that any child protection concerns are always appropriately acted upon immediately.
🙂 To liaise closely with parents and carers.
🙂To help ensure that the pre-school is a safe environment for children, staff and others, that equipment is safe, standards of hygiene are high and safety procedures are implemented at all times.
🙂 To work as a team to help implement any recommendations made following regulatory inspections.
🙂 To contribute to and to help implement all pre-school policies and procedures, e.g. register and signing out procedures, child protection, health and safety, confidentiality, food safety, setting hygiene etc.
🙂To attend any conferences, training events or meetings as identified by the committee and to keep up-to-date with current good practice. Training will be provided where appropriate and any extra training will be considered after a successful probation period has been completed.
Person specification
Essential criteria
Proven experience of working in a pre-school setting (a plus)
Proven experience of working in a team.
Ability to communicate effectively to a wide variety of people.
Knowledge of early childhood
Ability to work with parents and families to encourage their involvement.
Speak English at a native level
Ability to supervise children effectively.
Commitment to equal opportunities and an understanding of equality and diversity issues.
Terms and conditions
Hours:
(7:30-4:30) 5 days a week , term time only plus team meetings. (Camps are optional)
Salary: Dependent on qualifications and experience.
