Lunchtime Assistant

Seymour House is a family run day nursery group with 35 years of experience in making a real difference to families, our team, the environment, and the community.

Our success is built on the experience of our team and their dedication to achieving our goals. So, we want to reward our team by creating the best place to work in early years, where people can grow with us, create a lasting impact, and share in our success. We want our team to feel connected to our purpose, trust they are valued and be able to fulfil their career ambitions.

The Lunchtime Assistant role is key in delivering and inspiring high quality, beyond brilliant early years education, acknowledging every child is unique through our bespoke educational programmes, while supporting during the busiest part of the day, and meeting every child’s individual needs. You will build meaningful relationships with children and colleagues using consistent and effective communication. This role is suitable for someone passionate about Early Years and looking to fulfil their career in a flexible, friendly, and creative environment.

• Having high regards for all matters relating to safeguarding children and child protection, keeping up to date with the organisations safeguarding policies and procedures, and training, and reporting any concerns to the Designated Safeguarding Lead • Promoting children’s sense of belonging supporting diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities for all • Supporting children to have the best start in life so they live healthy, happy lives by promoting their wellbeing and delivering our fresh, tasty, wholesome meals and food education resources • Work with the nursery team to create the most enjoyable mealtime experience for our children • Ensuring our inspiring learning environment is effective to deliver our curriculum, that the resources are of high quality, safe and fit for purpose and that both indoor, outdoor and communal areas are clean, tidy and meet professional standards • Taking responsibility for the health and safety of themselves and adhering to organisations policies and procedures to ensure children and others are kept safe within the nursery environment • Supporting the nursery team to delivery outstanding care and education in line with our mission and values, the Early Years Foundation Stage and our 5c’s curriculum.

• Supporting a nurturing environment, demonstrating empathy, warmth, and kindness towards others, in line with our team and brand values • Forming strong bonds with children meeting their individual needs • Demonstrating effective and consistent communication with colleagues and children and a positive approach to work and promote or vision mission and values • Ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction and demonstrating a professional approach, to maintain an excellent reputation • Establishing and maintaining professional working relationships with colleagues within the team, working together to nurture each other, our community and planet, and implement a safe, clean and tidy environment for all children and colleagues to thrive • Demonstrate reliability and enthusiasm within the team and work with colleagues and children across the whole nursery.

• Taking responsibility for own CPD and personalised skill development by being reflective and identifying training needs • Attending training and CPD opportunities that are offered • Being open to and put forward new ideas and ways of working to positively impact children, parents and team • Sharing practice and new ideas with others through our Community platform.

This job description is not exhaustive, and the post holder is required to undertake any other reasonable duties as directed by the Nursery Management Team.

We actively promote equal opportunities and are committed to equality and diversity for all our children and team. Applicants will be considered on merit only, irrespective of race, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion, or belief.

A copy of the Company’s Equal Opportunities Policy and Disclosure Information Policy is available on request.

Seymour House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all team members and volunteers to share this commitment.

Candidates should be aware that we may conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates to identify any publicly available information relating to incidents or issues that could be relevant to the recruitment process.

This post is classed as having a high degree of contact with children and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. An enhanced check is completed and regularly updated through the Disclosure and Barring Service.