Childcare assistant

Closing date: 28 March 2025

Employer: Playkid’s 

Hours: Full/Part time (two roles)

Salary: £11.50 per hour rising in April

Location: Swinton

Our qualified and DBS checked playworkers understand the importance of play, taking a keen interest in each child’s development, providing fun activities which meet each child’s social, physical, intellectual, creative, and emotional needs.

Skills and qualities:

• Stamina and energy
• To be patient, tolerant and resilient
• Flexibility
• A sense of fun, and creativity and imagination to provide activities
• To be caring, understanding and able to give encouragement

Role and responsibilities:

• Assist with planning, preparing, and delivering quality play opportunities within a safe and caring environment. Consulting with children and involving them in planning activities.
• Ensure that displays are changed regularly and are in line with themes, season, children’s interests, and nursery standards.
• To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communication with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and needs of the children.
• This ensures children develop independence, confidence, and self-esteem, and build children’s resilience and wellbeing.
• To ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures and medical histories.
• Always ensure the cleanliness of the children.
• To advise the Safeguarding designated person/manager/deputy of any concerns, e.g. over children, parents, the safety of the environment, preserving confidentiality as necessary.
• To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training.
• Flexible within working practices of the setting, undertaking other responsible duties such as cleaning of area and equipment.
• To read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role and the safe running of the setting.
• To uphold the profile of the nursery and its standards.
• To keep completely confidential any information regarding the children, their families or other staff that is acquired as part of the job.
• To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are always maintained.
• Maintain accurate records for all children e.g., registers, accidents, and incidents etc.

Please email: employment.hub@salford.gov.uk or call 0161 237 4176 and we will be in touch.