Childcare Assistant

Allsorts Childcare are looking to recruit a childcare professional to work 16 hours per week.

Allsorts is a not for profit organisation located inside Duns Primary school, offering wrap-around and school holiday childcare for children aged 3 and above. We pride ourselves in offering a fun and supportive environment for our children and are therefore looking for the right individual to join our team. You can expect to enjoy carrying out activities and outings as a wrap-around service or during school holidays, including messy play, science experiments, sports/games, trips to the beach, swimming activities and much more.

Our opening hours are:

Term time: 7.30am-9am, 3.15pm-6pm Monday-Friday
Holidays/In Service days: 7.30am-6pm Monday-Friday

Essential skills & experience:

• A keen interest in working with children/young people

• The ability to work as part of a team

• Reliable and trustworthy

• Motivated to continue learning to aid professional development

• A ‘can-do’ attitude

• You will need to pass a PVG (Protecting Vulnerable Groups)

Desirable skills & experience:

• Previous experience in a childcare setting or volunteering/working with young people

• Childcare qualification, e.g. Level 3, or working towards

• First aid qualification

• Experience working with children/young people with SEN is a bonus

Please don’t feel you need to tick everything off on our list of essential and desirable. Attitude is the most important thing to us, so if you’re interested and have some of our skills/experience, we want to hear from you.

To apply, please send us an email introducing yourself along with your CV. We will conduct an informal phone call to introduce ourselves, followed by a face-to-face interview.

Allsorts are an equal rights employer who wish to support every member of staff. If you have any accessibility or individual requirements that we could help with during the interview process or beyond, please make us aware during the application process so we can fully support you.

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: £8.00-£12.50 per hour

Benefits:

• On-site parking
• Transport links

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Work Location: In person