About the Role
As an Early Years Assistant, you will work as part of a team to look after babies and children up to the age of 5. You will have adventures with our children through interactive play, activities, reading, and encouraging their curious minds – supporting colleagues with each child’s development towards their key milestones.
Responsibilities
- Work as part of a team to look after babies and children up to the age of 5.
- Engage children in interactive play, activities, and reading.
- Encourage children's curiosity and support their development towards key milestones.
Requirements
- Previous experience working with children is ideal but not essential.
- Passion for making learning fun and engaging for each child.
- Ability to develop trust and strong working partnerships with colleagues and parents.
- Ability to use a variety of communication techniques with children and adults.
- Must be subject to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check.
- Must be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
Skills
- Interactive play
- Activity planning
- Reading
- Communication techniques
Location
- Colindale, London, NW9
Work Type
- Permanent
- 40 Hours Per Week
Experience Level
- Dependent on qualification/s and experience
Salary/Compensations
- Starting from £29,432 per annum
Benefits
- Childcare discount of 40% for first child
- Enhanced parental leave
- 20 days annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays and paid Christmas closure
- Ability to purchase additional leave
- Pension
- Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more
- Professional development programme access for every stage of your career, including access to a careers coach
About the Company
- Bright Horizons Beaufort Park Day Nursery & Preschool is Ofsted rated 'Good'.
- The nursery caters for up to 102 children aged 3 months to five years.
- The nursery benefits from a beautiful modern space with bright, airy rooms filled with cosy reading corners, imagination stations and sensory area's along with a large garden area with play equipment.
- Bright Horizons has been voted Great Place to Work every year since 2006.
- Proud to be a Great Place to Work for 20 years.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply.
- We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants.
