Careers at Mimitos

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Purpose of post

• To provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for all children in the nursery
• To ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety is promoted
• To give support to other team members throughout the nursery
To work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn and develop.

Key areas

• Work with and support children
• Work as part of a team
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with parents.

Responsible to

Nursery Manager/Team Leader

Duties and responsibilities

• Operate a programme of activities that meet the individual needs and interests of children in our area in conjunction with other team members
• To keep records of your key children's development and learning journeys and share this with parents, carers and other key adults in the child's life
• To follow the nursery safeguarding procedure to ensure all children are kept safe, well and secure
• Support all staff and engage in a good staff team
• Liaise with and support parents and other family members
• To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, parent evening, fundraising events etc.
• To be flexible within working practices of the nursery. Be prepared to help where needed, including to undertake certain domestic jobs within the nursery, e.g. preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment etc.
• Work alongside the Manager and staff team to ensure that the nursery's philosophy is fulfilled
• Read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role as deemed appropriate by the Manager
• Recording accidents in the accident book. Ensure the Duty Manager has initialled the report before parents receives it
• Look upon the nursery, as a "whole" where can your help be most utilised? Be constantly aware of the individual needs of all children
• Ensure someone known and agreed by the nursery and parent collects the child
• To respect the confidentiality of all information received.

Specific childcare tasks

• The preparation and completion of activities to suit each individual child's stage of development and interests
• To develop your role within the team especially with regard as a key person
• To ensure that meal times are a time of pleasant social sharing
• Washing and changing children as required
• To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all
times
• Ensuring a poorly child is kept calm and warm and management is notified immediatelv
• To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communications with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs
• To ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children regardless of any disabilities, family backgrounds or medical history
• To be aware of the high profile of the nursery and to uphold its standards at all times, both within work hours and outside.

Purpose of post

• To work under the direction of the Manager and deputise for him/her as and when required
• To ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety is promoted
• To support the aims and objectives of the nursery and assist the Manager in the organisation of a high-quality establishment for children from birth to five/eight years
• To provide high standards of care and early learning - to include the monitoring and review of provision, this includes providing a safe, caring environment to enable the personal, emotional, social and educational development of children, through individual attention and group activities
• To support the team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn and develop
• To direct and support staff as agreed by the Manager.

Responsible to

Nursery Manager

Main duties

• To promote the aims and objectives of the nursery
• To promote the high standards of the nursery at all times to parents, staff and visitors
• To assist the Manager in showing parents around the nursery facilities and sending out information
• To ensure the provision of high standards of physical, personal, social and emotional
care
• To lead a team of professional workers and to ensure good practice at all times
• To follow the nursery safeguarding procedure to ensure all children are kept safe, well and secure and ensure all team members are able to do the same
• To assist the Manager in setting and implementing objectives and policy for the
nursery
• To assist with the planning and organisation of staffing schedules and holiday rotas to ensure adequate staffing levels are maintained in accordance with Ofsted guidelines and nursery procedures
• To assist with the implementation of administrative procedures involved with registration, place allocation, and other related matters
• To assist with the development and implementation of systems to monitor and record child development
• To assist with the preparation and maintenance of materials and equipment
• Ensure someone known and agreed by the nursery and parent collects the child
• To respect the confidentiality of all information received.
• To be responsible for the health and safety standards appropriate for the needs of
• young children and ensuring staff compliance and awareness
• To ensure high standards of hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times
• To ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children regardless of any disabilities, family backgrounds or medical
history
• Support all team members with the early identification and intervention for children with possible special needs and give physical, emotional, intellectual guidance as appropriate
• To ensure confidentiality of all information received and shared
• To assist with staff development and training
• To support the effective interview and selection process as required
• To fully support the induction of new team members
• Support the appropriate supervision meetings/processes in conjunction with the Manager
• Feed into appraisals, target setting and nursery operations as deemed appropriate by the manager
• Attend nursery management meetings and feed appropriate information back to the wider team
• To assist the Manager in the supervision of training of students in placement within the nursery
• Liaise with parents, other family members and staff to help ensure that the particular needs of children are met and that parental choice is considered in terms of care given
• To liaise with outside agencies as required
• Assist the Manager with the efficient upkeep and maintenance of the building and grounds, stock of equipment, furnishings and fittings
• Maintaining staff awareness of the fire evacuation procedures in accordance with the code of practice
• To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, planning meetings, monthly staff meetings, parents evening, fundraising events etc.
• To deputise for the Manager in his/her absence
To undertake such other duties and responsibilities of an equivalent nature as may be determined from time-to-time by the Manager.

Purpose of post

• To organise, cook and prepare a healthy balanced diet for children from birth to 12 years.

Key areas

• Provision of food
• Hygiene, health and safety.

Responsible to

Nursery Manager/ Deputy Manager

Main duties

• To be the budget holder for the provision of food and associated goods for the nursery
• To be responsible for the purchase of such provisions
• To keep weekly accounts of such expenditure
• To be responsible in conjunction with the Manager for planning healthy and balanced menus
• To prepare meals according to individual dietary requirements where necessary
• To ensure meals/snacks are safely prepared, nutritionally balanced, of good quality and appropriate in quantity following national recommendations
• To co-ordinate the serving of the mid-day meal and snacks throughout the day
• To wash-up crockery, cutlery and all equipment used to prepare meals
• To be responsible for hygiene and risk assessment within the kitchen area, including all record keeping relevant to the post
• To be responsible for food safety within the nursery including all safety checks relating to food storage and preparation
• To maintain an agreed high standard of hygiene and cleanliness within the kitchen area