Portsmouth, UK Posted 19 hours ago up to £12.71 per hour. GBP / Year Dolls House Nursery, Part of the Happy Days Nursery Group, is seeking a Lunch Cover Assistant to join our team 25 hours a week Monday to Friday, all year round. As Lunch Cover Assistant you will play a vital role in helping us inspire the future for our children, by offering them the very best care and education using our unique curriculum “Where Children Shine” Your roles and responsibilities as Lunch Cover Assistant would include – Performance Embodying our SHINE values (Support, Honesty, Inspiration, Nurturing and Empowerment) in everything you do Supporting the effective running on the nursery by being organised, and have the ability to plan and prioritise your work Being positive, confident and honest Having great initiative and a “can do” attitude Knowing and upholding our policies, procedures and established working practices Outstanding Childcare Being a “key person” for a group of children, ensuring that their care and development needs are being met at all times Using our unique curriculum to observe, plan and assess children’s learning opportunities Understanding and implementing safeguarding, health and safety and welfare requirement policies and practices Working with Others Be a dedicated team player, and valuing the experience and skills of your colleagues Continually striving to work together to deliver thee very best care and education for the children Supporting colleagues with empathy and care We can inspire YOUR future by offering Ongoing training, development and career progression opportunities A supportive and nurturing management structure, who take pride in our team and our people Family friendly working – with flexible working patterns and childcare discount, Employee Assistances Programmes to support colleagues Salary up to £12.71 per hour. Our teams, whether in our nurseries or our support centre SHINE, they ensure we are delivering outstanding childcare to every child in our settings every day, this helps to make Happy Days a great place to work. By ensuring we are always recruiting, retaining and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues, who are representative of the communities within which our nurseries sits gives us the best opportunity to continue to deliver outstanding childcare “Happy Days Nurseries are committed to the safety and wellbeing of the children in our care, as such the successful post holder will be required to undergo a robust vetting process, including an enhanced DBS Check and Reference History Checks” HDN_SN