The Students' Union at UWE are looking for a Nursery Assistant to assist the Nursery team to provide high quality care and learning opportunities for children aged 0-5 years.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

• To provide high quality, child-centred care and education.
• To participate in planning in order to provide a range of activities designed to meet the individual and communal needs and interests of the children.
• To act as a key-person for a group of children.
• To assist with the long and short-term Educational planning and the delivery of activities.
• To supervise and encourage positive, safe behaviour for children.
• To build positive relationships with children by acting as a role model and providing a warm, caring environmen
• To conduct regular observations on children and assist in completing developmental records.
• To retrieve, sort and display children’s work and other relevant material in an effort to provide a pleasant physical environment that promotes the ethos of the setting
• To ensure the premises remain clean, tidy, safe and secure.
• To complete daily room checks and participate in the review of risk assessments.
• To assist children with personal, social hygiene and care.
• To identify and report concerns in regards to children’s development and progress.
• To assist in the devising and implementation of Individual Education Plans.
• To promote and engage in effective, positive communication with children, colleagues, staff and parents.

Hours: 37 hours per week, full time

Salary: £17,926 per annum

Application Deadline: Thursday 22nd June 2017

To find out more, please see Job Description and Person Specification below:

• Job Description
• Person Specification
• Application Form

To apply, send completed applications to surecruit@uwe.ac.uk