Apprentice Nursery Assistant
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Company: STEPPING STONES MONTESSORI NURSERY LTD
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Location: LONDON, SE14 5TW
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £18,000.00 per year
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Sector: Education and early years
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Ref: NAS-2000040715
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Application Deadline Date: 31/08/2026
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Start Date: 01/09/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday to Friday, flexible hours between 08:00 and 18:00
Brief Description
The successful applicant will be able to engage with children aged 6 months to 5 years old, to promote their wellbeing, to understand the significance of safeguarding and child protection, to promote diversity and inclusion and understand the effect of racism on children and adults, and to undertake various administrative duties.
Training to be Provided
- Early Years Educator Level 3
- Training will include paediatric first aid qualification
Future Prospects
Full-time permanent employment.
Vacancy Detail
- To be responsible for the safety and welfare of the children
- To promote the physical, intellectual, emotional, educational and social development of the children
- To ensure that there is a stimulating and varied programme of activities available to the children at all times
- To ensure that the children are offered a nutritious and varied diet, appropriate to their age and development
- To encourage, through example, alternatives to sexual stereotyping imposed by society
- To ensure that the children are kept clean, and encouraged to wash their hands, wipe their noses etc. The children must always be escorted to the toilet
- To be aware of the effect that racism in society and in us has on children; to give every child in the nursery a positive image of its own particular ethnic background, through the attitude of staff and by the use of play and display materials
- To notify the officer-in-charge or his/her deputy when each child is collected by their parent/carer
- To keep progress records and reports the children
- To develop and maintain a warm and supportive relationship with the parents, children and staff
- To participate in planning activities
- To ensure that all toys, equipment and materials are safe for the use of pre-school children, and in a good state of repair. Toys must be washed once a week
- To perform any other duties required at the discretion of the officer-in-charge or management
Other Information
- Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
- Allowed to work in the UK Punctuality