Asquith Nanny 3/4/5 Days Per Week

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Woking, Surrey

Salary: £16000 – £25000/annum

Start Date: ASAP

Job Description

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JOB TITLE: Asquith Nanny

REPORTING TO: Customer Services Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Responsibilities
– Safety, security and wellbeing of the child
– Responding with flexibility to specific parent / child needs and wants, and prioritising accordingly
– Understanding and agreeing child’s routines – likes/dislikes
– Awareness and control of allergies, administering medicines, support with individual needs
– Flexible hours within an agreed weekly limit
– Communication and structured feedback to parents
– Duties that directly involve looking after the child only
– Agreed weekly schedule of hours, activities and nursery days, planned outings etc
– Liaison with Nursery Manager and Nursery Team

Key tasks and routines
– Daily, weekly, monthly feedback to parents of child’s activities, development and fun
– Support and provision of appropriate stimulating activities for the development of the child
– To ensure safety and cleanliness of toys and baby equipment
– Settling in at nominated nurseries on agreed days
– Preparing appropriate healthy and nutritious meals and baby feeds
– Cleaning and tidying children’s rooms and play/living areas
– Ensuring all areas are clean and tidy after use
– Engaging children in lively and fun activities appropriate to their age
– Never leaving children unattended when they are in your charge, for example in a shop, playground, bath etc.
– Cleaning and maintaining the children’s clothes, toys and bedding
– Responsibility for cleaning and maintaining household equipment relating to the care of the children
– Travelling with the children and preparing for holidays, weekend visits, birthdays etc.
– Taking the child to playgroup/nursery/school
– Caring for the child should they be ill
– Expenses management related to the child
– Time and hours management
– Bathing the child/personal care
– Maintaining all ‘kit bags’, ensuring all contents are available and up to date
– Responding to emergency cover requests
– Helping with homework

Performance Measures
– Parent/child feedback
– Flexibility
– Child development
– Communication skills
– Early years journal maintained
– Training completed to standard
– Food quality

Key Interfaces
– Parents/grandparents and wider family
– Nursery Manager
– Nursery Team/ Key Worker
– Asquith support team

Experience Required
– 12 months nursery / nanny experience post qualification with relevant age group
– NVQ Level 3 or equivalent childcare qualification minimum
– Fluency in second language would be an advantageous
– Paediatric First Aid qualification
– Current fully enhanced DBS
– Located within reasonable travelling distance of family

Competencies / Skills Required
– Excellent planning and organisation skills
– Exceptional interpersonal and organisation skills
– Flexible work hours and days of work
– Genuine love, enthusiasm and energy for working with children
– Good verbal and written command of English language
– Professional
– Ability to coach additional subjects
– Competent catering skills
– Reliable and dependable
– Ability to use all equipment related to the care of the children