At a Glance
- Tasks: Supervise and support children during lunchtime, promoting healthy eating and positive behaviour.
- Company: Join the nurturing team at Ark Kesteven Nursery School.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, enhanced holidays, wellness days, and childcare discounts.
- Other info: Be part of a supportive community focused on child development and well-being.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in children's lives while gaining valuable experience.
- Qualifications: Early Years qualification is a plus, but not essential; experience with young children preferred.
The predicted salary is between 13.3 - 13.3 £ per hour.
Nursery: The Ark Kesteven Road Nursery School
Address: Stamford, PE9 1SX
Hours: Monday - Friday, 11am till 2pm, 15 hours per week
Salary: £12.71ph to £13.30 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications.
Ark Kesteven’s Purpose
To give children healthy foundations in fantastic settings, helping them build the confidence and resilience that will set them up for success later in life.
How you’ll spend your time here
As a Lunch time assistant you will be a key part of keeping our children safe, loved and inspired to learn. Key activities include:
- Supervise children during lunchtime, ensuring they are seated safely
- Support and encourage positive behaviour at the table
- Promote healthy eating habits and good oral health
- Encourage children to eat independently and try different foods
- Ensure children follow hygiene routines, including washing hands
- Create a calm, friendly, and enjoyable lunchtime environment
- Assist children who need help with eating or managing their meals
- Monitor behaviour and ensure a safe, respectful atmosphere
- Communicate with parents when needed, providing feedback on eating or behaviour
- Help tidy up after lunch and ensure the dining area is clean
- Support children in transitioning to their next activity after lunchtime
We’d love to talk to you if you have the following
- An Early Years qualification at Level 2/3 (not essential but desirable)
- Experience of working with all age groups within Early Years settings
- Knowledge of the EYFS framework would be advantageous
The Team & Environment
You’ll be joining Ark Kesteven Nursery team, who have an incredibly important job of supporting children’s development. You’ll be a key part of every child’s journey, keeping our children safe, loved and inspired through play-based learning. Our nurseries are warm and nurturing environments that not only support children to be ready for school but also equip them with all the life skills they need to flourish and succeed.
Benefits for You
- For you - We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and you can access your pay before payday with PayCaptain
- Family matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity leave
- Health & wellness - Nourishing body & mind Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets
- Development - Investing in your future with micro-learning, financial stability tools & the Storal Support Fund
- Our community - Growing together Termly inset days, team member app and Storal Awards
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Storal sets the highest of standards when it comes to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment that encourages feedback-discussion-resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete thorough compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.
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