We are looking for a dedicated Childcare Assistant to work 12 hours per week. The successful candidates will need to: Be flexible, enthusiastic and adaptable Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Have experience and knowledge of working within the early years foundation stage. It is desirable to have a minimum Level 2 qualification. Main responsibilities include: Carry out planned activities under the direct guidance, direction and supervision of the Pre-School Leader. Be a member of the team providing high quality provision. Share responsibility for the care, presentation, display, safety, organisation and appearance of the facilities and equipment. Willing to undertake further, relevant training. Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people in accordance with the school’s safeguarding and child protection policy. Opportunities for CPD. See full job description for more information. Further Information Visits are warmly welcomed; please telephone the school office on 01305 852643 to make an appointment. Or email the office on [email protected] and one of our friendly members of the team will respond. Please note our office opening hours are 8.00am - 12.00pm and 1.15pm - 4.15pm. Frome Valley First School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines. The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements. The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year. This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. Keeping Children Safe in Education This School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern. About Us Not Specified