Early Years Educator Lunch cover

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Nursery: Windmill Nursery School, 22-23 Overcliffe, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0EH

Hours: Part‑Time, School hours, 11am to 3pm Monday‑Friday. Salary: Up to £13.70 per hour (depending on experience and qualifications)

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Windmill’s Purpose

To give children healthy foundations in fantastic settings, helping them build the confidence and resilience that will set them up for success later in life.

How you’ll spend your time here

As a Lunch Time assistant you will be a key part of keeping our children safe, loved and inspired to learn. Key activities include:

Supervise children during lunchtime, ensuring they are seated safely
Support and encourage positive behaviour at the table
Promote healthy eating habits and good oral health
Encourage children to eat independently and try different foods
Ensure children follow hygiene routines, including washing hands
Create a calm, friendly, and enjoyable lunchtime environment
Assist children who need help with eating or managing their meals
Monitor behaviour and ensure a safe, respectful atmosphere
Communicate with parents when needed, providing feedback on eating or behaviour
Help tidy up after lunch and ensure the dining area is clean
Support children in transitioning to their next activity after lunchtime

We’d love to talk to you if you have the following

An Early Years qualification at Level 2/3 (not essential but desirable)
Experience of working with all age groups within Early Years settings
Knowledge of the EYFS framework would be advantageous

The Team & Environment

You’ll be joining the Windmill Nursery team, who have an incredibly important job of supporting children’s development. You’ll be a key part of every child’s journey, keeping our children safe, loved and inspired through play‑based learning. Our nurseries are warm and nurturing environments that not only support children to be ready for school but also equip them with all the life skills they need to flourish and succeed.

Benefits for You

For you – We get the basics right: enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and you can access your pay before payday with PayCaptain
Family matters – Balance starts at home: Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity leave
Health & wellness – Nourishing body & mind: Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets
Development – Investing in your future with micro‑learning, financial stability tools & the Storal Support Fund
Our community – Growing together: Termly inset days, team member app and Storal Awards

Not everything fits in a job advert – Click apply today, don’t worry if your CV isn’t perfect just send us what you have and we’ll work out the rest later.

Storal sets the highest of standards when it comes to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment that encourages feedback, discussion, resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete thorough compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.

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