Full or part time vacancies for Welsh speaking Early Years Practitioners or willing to learn Welsh
Full Time: Level 3 in Childcare or equivalent. This position is for 35-40 hours per week and paid at £11.50ph.
Part time: L2 1:1 position would be 20 hours per week (two full days of 10 hour shifts). Minimum £10.50 per hour.
Lunch Cover: Monday to Friday - 11am - 2pm. Level 2 or Level 3
Need to be able to speak Welsh, not fluent but an acceptable standard
Personal Responsibilities
• In conjunction with qualified staff, provide high quality care and activities for the children and to recognise both individual and group requirements in a secure, safe and stimulating environment.
• Ensure you are familiar with the key policies and procedures, especially safeguarding children, equality, diversity and inclusion opportunities, behaviour management and health and safety . You will be provided with a copy of the Nursery’s guide to policies and procedures.
• Within reason to comply with requests to work outside normal hours, for example to cover if staff unexpectedly have to leave the room or are called away. This includes requests from the Nursery to work long days (9 hours) from time to time.
• Ensure parent issues and concerns are dealt with promptly and accurately. Ensure management are informed and consulted where relevant.
• Participate in room and staff meetings when requested.
• Undertake other duties appropriate to the grade and character of the work as may reasonably be required by the Nursery
• Never leave the room / Nursery / childcare location and put your colleagues at risk of being out of ratio – unless in case of emergency.
• Be familiar with Nursery designated co-ordinators such as Safeguarding, SENCO, Equal Opportunities, Behaviour Management.
• Attend training and development courses as directed by your Manager or Assessor.
• To promote at all times good relations between staff members, parents and children, and promote the quality ethos of the Nursery.
Childcare and Curriculum
• Participate under supervision with the Early Years Foundation Stage framework and any other appropriate guidance for young children in accordance with Nursery policy and guidelines.
• Ensure that no child is ever left on their own in the room / Nursery / outing.
• Understand the key person system. Assist with updating key children’s scrapbook / profiles.
• Ensure that you attend to the all-round daily needs of the children by enhancing their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development.
• Support the children in serving their own food, milk, drinks and snacks and encourage good nutrition and sociable eating.
• Assist children with personal care, including changing nappies, assisting with toileting and other associated welfare duties. Ensure you have an up to date care plan for each child in your room.
• Assist with all child safeguarding / protection issues / accidents to ensure that any remedial action is taken immediately. Ensure close monitoring of children about whom there are concerns.
• Assist with health and safety checks as required to ensure the room / Nursery is tidy, safe, clean and secure for children, staff, parents/carers and visitors
Parent and Carer Responsibilities
• Work in partnership with parents/carers, recognising that parents are their children’s first educators, and encourage parental involvement in the Nursery.
• If requested to do so, assist and attend parents meetings and open days.
• Ensure parents are familiar with the security and procedures surrounding drop off and collection. (passwords etc.). Ensure the parent and carer signs the register when dropping off or collecting their child.
• If requested to do so, provide feedback and daily reports to parents about their child’s day at the Nursery. Complete “ all about me” sheets.
• Inform parents when their child is sick or not their normal self.
• Ensure you know what is going on at home that may have an effect on the child’s behaviour or mood when they are at Nursery.
• Be vigilant and diplomatic if you feel that there is a safeguarding or protection issue pertinent to the child. Inform management if in doubt.
• Understand the cultural, religious, ethical or personal preference issues that some parents may have in relation to their child.
• Keep the office informed of child absences or holidays. Ask parents about any likely absences.
Room and Premises Responsibilities
• To ensure the room is kept tidy and organised to allow for the efficient use of time and to maintain the high quality standards that we have set as our ongoing objective.
• To ensure resources, toys and equipment are organised, stored correctly, cleaned regularly and any breakages reported to the office. To have an ongoing resource plan.
• To clean obvious marks or spillages (doors, floors, walls etc) as soon as they happen, within reason.
•To ensure the office is aware of cleaning that needs to be performed by the Nursery provider and taking into account the cleaning that the Nursery has assigned to an external contractor. Details on the cleaning chart.
• To ensure any signs pictures or displays that are fixed to the wall are tidy, appropriate and in keeping with Nursery standards.
• To make sure rooms, toilets and corridors are left tidy and cleared away at the end of the day to include children’s clothes and shoes, resources, cups, plates, utensils, food, drink etc.
• Answer the phone or entry phone system as appropriate.
At Wibli Wobli nursery we nurture children to learn and grow through language and play. We are located on the 1st Floor of Wern House in Rogerstone, Newport.
We are the very first Welsh language daycare nursery in Newport. Children do not need to speak any Welsh to join us but they will soak it up and gain all the benefits from learning another language at a young age.
We are currently registered to accept children from 2-5 years.