Childcare Apprenticeship - Ruislip

Duties and responsibilities: To work with children: To plan, deliver and evaluate a programme of activities suitable to the age range of the children attending the setting. To support with the collection and drop off of school children from the local schools To adhere to all safeguarding policies and procedures. To report any safeguarding concerns to the designated safeguarding officer or relevant agencies (safeguarding partnership/ Lado) To communicate and engage with the children at all opportunities To take observations on the children daily Ensure that you are monitoring the children’s development and identifying and addressing any gaps using our Footsteps system Ensure that the children have opportunities to go on outings and that this is done safely, by completing a risk assessment to be approved by preschool lead or deputy manager Ensuring that the children have opportunities to do cooking activities and that this is done safety, by completing a risk assessment to be approved by preschool lead or deputy manager To attend parent review meetings alongside the deputy manager for children in your key group To be a key worker and prepare the children’s records and targets in your group To undertake certain domestic jobs within the nursery/preschool, for example, preparation of snacks, cleaning of equipment To record any accidents/incidents on the forms provided alongside the team leader / deputy manager, share these with parents and giving these to the administrator to log To be a good role model and promote a healthy lifestyle to the children To ensure that the environment is clean, stimulating and safe for the children Ensuring that the register is up to date as and when children arrive To work as part of a team: To attend out of working hours activities, e.g. training, staff meetings, parent’s evenings, summer fayre and Christmas activities To develop your role within the team To participate in the training programme of a wide variety of students (i.e. placements and volunteers) by giving guidance and support To support and engage with all staff to ensure a good team ethos and an effective working partnership with all colleagues To role model positive behaviour and language Personal and professional development To agree and complete all required mandatory and non-mandatory training To assume responsiblity of your own CPD log To liaise with parents, staff and other professionals To foresee the needs to special needs children and give physical, emotional, intellectual guidance as appropriate and liaise with the settings SENCO/manager To ensure children are collected on time by someone authorised by the parents to collect