Seasonal / Holiday Club Assistant
Posted 2 hours ago by Rand Farm Park
Contract type:
Seasonal
Point of contact:
Lucy Horwood
Telephone:
Seasonal / Holiday Club Assistant
Adventure Valley Day Nursery - Part of the Farm Day Nurseries Group
Adventure Valley Day Nursery's ethos is focused on outdoor learning, natural materials and resources and following a "child led" learning approach. Offering a unique environment and learning experiences for the children in our care. Due to continued success and expansion, even in these challenging times, we are excited to announce that we are now recruiting for our 96 place day nursery at Adventure Valley in Durham.
We are looking for experienced and confident Seasonal / Holiday Club Assistants to join us on a seasonal contract basis, to assist the Manager in looking after children aged 4-11 years at our farm based holiday club, and 0-4yrs in our day nursery during school holidays.
Benefits- 50% off childcare (including Holiday Camp)- from day one with us!
- Wellbeing ambassadors in all our settings, to look after your health and wellbeing
- Free lunches and drinks every day for our staff
- WPA "NHS Top up"- including a 24/7 helpline, access to private doctors appointments, money back on healthcare expenses
- Tastecard for all permanent staff- Offering up to 50% off various restaurants, cafes, take aways, cinema tickets & days out.
- 28 days annual holiday, increasing with service up to 33 days
- Refer a friend bonus up to £500 per referral- no limit on the number of referrals you can make!
- An open door management policy across all of our settings- You should always feel like you can come and talk to us.
- Access to various training courses, and ongoing progression and development opportunities
- Regular staff/team outings and celebrations- let your hair down, you deserve it!
- Free staff uniform- comfortable polo shirts, and a coat for outdoors!
- Enhanced NEST Pension scheme for all staff- for a comfortable future retirement!
- Monthly staff lotteries and employee of the month- it could be you!
- Length of service awards and gifts- recognising your loyalty!
- Staff awards ceremony- with prizes worth up to £500!
- Staff summer bbq, and Christmas party
- Extra little "thank you" gifts for Valentines, Easter, Staff appreciation day, Christmas and other special annual days!
- Relocation packages- If you fancy a change of scenery?
- Cycle to work scheme- we will help you buy your new bike!
- Free parking
We are looking for confident Assistants, who are looking to get their teeth into a new challenge. You will be motivated to hit the ground running and add value to our fun and hard working team. You will thrive in a busy environment, and always be on hand with new ideas and activities.
You will be confident in all areas safeguarding and childcare, and implement accordingly, having experience in a similar role perhaps in a school or nursery setting.
You will ideally have a relevant early years/teaching qualification, level 3 or above, though we will consider unqualified and level 2 applications.
This position is based on a flexible zero hours contract
Please note the nursery is open from 7:30am-6:30pm, Monday to Friday and so shift patterns will be rotating within these opening hours. Please make sure you can commit to early and late shifts before applying.
"Adventure Valley Day Nursery - Doing what's best for children and our staff"
Adventure Valley Day Nursery is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any employment is engaged. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.