Nursery Assistant Review

As a nursery assistant my role is to help to monitor the well-being of children, make sure they are happy and safe. My role is to supervise and monitor the safety of the children, to provide fun and stimulating environment, to teach general life skills (such as basic hygiene and manners). Also, I try to meet the children’s individual needs by doing observations and keep the children’s records up to date. I communicate with parents effectively and share important information about children.

I have learnt and developed lots of new skills, such as: - observation methods (different types of observation and when to use the - different areas of child development and how different factors may affect it - how to promote and support positive behaviour with children - the importance of working in partnership with other organisations to safeguard children (how important is effective communication between each other) - how to support children development from conception to 7 years. I have learnt about the importance of communication, attachment, memory formation and physical development.

I enjoy my programme as I can learn about children development and all the factors that can affect it. I can found out about the importance of working together to safeguard children. I really enjoy to work with children and this programme helps me to learn new skills and gives me useful information that helps me do my job even better. Also, this course teach me about the challenges childcare environment faces and how to deal with them.

My programme is organised perfectly. The instructions are clear and easy to understand (what I need to do, when I should finish my activities, where to ask for help if I need it). Also, I really like the explanation of my activities and reassurance that I can always ask for help. I enjoy all the useful information and links what I am receiving - it helps me a lot with my learning and are very good addition to my own research.

I have all support what I need at my workplace. When I need any explanation or information (for example: to go through different policies and procedures or all the paperwork what we need to do) I can always rely on my managers and colleagues. They are always happy to help and support me in everything I do. They are happy to explain what to do in different situations, they give good advice when something went wrong. They are patient and understanding.

My training provider gives my all support what I need. I am happy to work with my personal tutor. It is now second time when I am working toward my qualifications with this provider and each time my tutor (on Level 2 my tutor was another person) is very helpful. I can always contact her when I am not sure what to do, when I have any questions to my activities and I need additional support.

My qualification helps me to do my job much better. My training gives me lots of information that is very useful at my workplace. It shows me various situations that may arise at childcare environment and how to deal with them. I can learn practical solutions and be prepared in the event of an unexpected situation. The course focuses on various aspects of a child's development, different factors that may affect it and on keeping children happy and safe - not just in the setting but also in the child's home.

There were extra activities to get involved in at my work. Sometimes we went out just to spend time together and socialize. Unfortunately, at the moment when we have pandemic and with all the lockdown restrictions, it is hard to do it. However, I am sure that when the situation will change we will be able to do different social activities again. It helps us to work better as a team and to understand each other.

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I would recommend this company to a friend because it is great place to work. The atmosphere is very friendly, everybody are happy to help. The managers listen to any comments and always have time for their employees. They try to raise the qualifications of their employees and support them in their studies. They are understanding and always try to help (both on a professional and personal level). I always come to work with enthusiasm as the work gives me satisfaction.

I would advise people who are applying for a job in this company to be honest, positive and eager to learn new things. This is perfect place to work if you love children and you want to support them in their development. If somebody has not all the qualification needed for the position but they put children first in everything they do, they like to work with children and spend time with them - they should try to apply to this company.