Level 3 Apprentice Position 

Free onsite parking

Company Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme (telephone Counselling)

28 days holiday (which include bank holidays and Christmas break)

Extra holiday benefits

Uniform provided

Meals and healthy snacks available

Company Christmas Party

Employee of the Month with bonus scheme

Lots of opportunities for staff to undertake CPD

Staff Treats

Team Bonding Days

Your Responsibilities and Duties will include:

· To provide nurturing and loving care for all children within the setting

· To provide the correct mix of adult-led and uninterrupted child-led play to ensure the best outcomes for all our children

· To provide a stimulating home from home feel environment that provides exciting opportunities, promotes challenge, exploration adventure and a real love of learning

· To ensure our family ethos of providing a home from home feel, the warm and positive relationships between staff and children, consistent routines and strong relationships with parents are of key focus.

· Build and maintain effective and meaningful parent partnerships

· Be able to promote positive behaviour and act as a role model

· To ensure that records are kept up to date and maintained appropriately

· To understand and work with all nursery policies

· To be a team player within our work family

· To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed, in accordance with the nursery ethos, vision and values.

Safeguarding:

· All staff have a duty to safeguard children. You should be alert to any issues or concern with regards to the welfare of a child.

· To report any concerns to the designated Safeguarding lead for the Nursery immediately.

· To attend safeguarding training and keep yourself up to date with changes to Nursery Policy.

· To fully understand the whistleblowing policy and report any concerns about staff immediately to the designated safeguarding lead.

We are committed to safeguarding and follow a robust safer recruitment procedure. All staff are required to undertake an enhanced DBS. All staff members are also required to be signed up to the update service so continued suitability can be checked throughout employment. You are also required to complete a self disclosure form within your application pack. A full application pack will be required to be completed prior to being shortlisted for interview.

Where it all began:

We first established Mucky Munchkins Childcare Ltd in 2014 when we became childminders. We co-worked as childminders from Jennifer’s home in Daisy Hill.

Prior to becoming childminders, we both worked together for over 12 years in the legal profession. We decided during our second pregnancies it was time for a change in career. 

During 2013, whilst working full time, heavily pregnant and looking after our first born children, we decided to train as childminders.

We officially became childminders in December 2013. We didn’t start working as childminders straight away as we had just had our second babies. We therefore opened the doors in April 2014 after a very short maternity leave.

We had our first OFSTED grading after 8 weeks of opening as childminders when we were awarded with a GOOD in all areas. 

The OFSTED Inspector was very impressed with what we had achieved in the short space we had been open and could see a bright future for Mucky Munchkins Childcare.

It has always been our vision to expand and open our very own nursery. As we have children ourselves, we were aware of what we wanted and didn’t want for a childcare service. We therefore wished, and still do, to put our own experiences into practice and provide parents with good quality childcare.

After 6 months of becoming childminders, as we had received such a high demand for our services in the area, we decided the time was right to start the search for premises. For just short of 2 years we had been endlessly searching for the right premises to expand our childcare business. 

At the beginning of 2016, after exhausting all avenues to find the right place in the local area, we were approached with the perfect premises. These premises were not even on the market. It was definitely meant to be. The premises were The Old Scout Hut. 

We went to see the premises and although it needed extensive renovations and a lot of hard work, we felt it was perfect for us!

We were inspected in January 2018 by Ofsted, some 11 months after opening, and achieved GOOD. Please see link for the report.

We currently offer care for 41 children a day.

We have 3 rooms:

Rainbows – 3-5 years

Little Stars – 2-3 years

Tiny Stars – 0-2 years

We will also be offering Forest School Sessions in the very near future. Jen and Clare are currently completing their Level 3 Qualification and are in the process of pilot sessions with Rainbows children.

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