Nursery Assistant

Job Introduction

HMP Peterborough are recruiting for a dedicated and caring Nursery Assistant to provide safe, high quality education and care for pre-school children while providing support to visiting health professionals, students, parents, pregnant prisoners and MBU officers. The ideal candidate will have experience of working with children under the age of 2.

HMP Peterborough are currently looking to recruit a dedicated & caring nursery nurse to provide safe, high quality education and care for pre-school children; to fulfil legal and statutory requirements; to give professional support and supervision to all personnel on a day to day basis and someone who will provide support to visiting health professionals, students, parents, pregnant prisoners and MBU officers.

HMP/YOI Peterborough is the country’s only purpose-built prison for both male and female prisoners (kept separate at all times), including a 12-place mother and baby unit. We are committed to offering education and development programmes to provide residents with the skills required to enter employment on release, so reducing the chances of further offending. Providing creative outlets, such as workshop activities, helps to equip those in custody for when they are released. We use ‘Restorative Approaches’ to bring people in conflict into dialogue. Using a skilled and structured process, those who have been harmed have an opportunity to be heard and those that have caused the harm are held to account for what they have done. We have strong links with the community outside through a variety of partnerships, including our outreach activity Outside Links’ offering support and advice to both residents and their families.

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Role Responsibility

• Support team members and be an integral part of the decision making processes
• Liaise with and support parents regardless of their status.
• Be flexible within the working practises of the prison and nursery and be involved in and prepared to help where needed, including domestic duties within the nursery.
• Work alongside all management and team members on the mother and baby unit to ensure that the Sodexo beliefs are upheld and the philosophy behind each project is fulfilled.
• Work alongside outside agencies involved with the Mothers and Babies including Health Visitors, Doctors and volunteers.
• Record all accidents and observations and ensure that it is reported in the correct manner to the correct manager using the Sodexo Health and Safety reporting procedures. Make sure that the OFSTED guidelines for recording accidents and incidents are completed effectively.
• Respect the confidentiality of all information received or privy to.
• Complete 4 week care plans with your named mother and child, and to complete ongoing 8 week care plans with the MBU manager.
• Ensure that all food prepared for the children is correctly prepared and stored within Basic Food Hygiene guidelines.

Please see attached job description for further information regarding the role requirements.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Level 2 childcare qualification working to Level 3 qualification whilst working.
• Knowledge and Training on EYFS.
• Experience in Childcare Environment.
• Good communication skills.

Package Description

£17,310.07

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more.

Post holders will be subjected to an advanced DBS check, a prison security check (level 2) prior to being employed.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.

Please note all roles within Sodexo Justice are subject to security and recruitment checks which may include a Social Media Check. You will also be asked to provide 5 years’ worth of references and request employment history details from the HMRC.