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Job description

Due to growing numbers, Naíscoil Mhachaire Rátha requires additional staff to assist in the delivery of their Naíscoil Bheag pre-pre school sessions.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the overall wellbeing and safety of the children within your care, maintaining confidentiality of stakeholders at all times.
• Assistance in the planning, organisation and delivery of the pre-school curriculum, diligently observing and revising child management systems as necessary.
• Appropriately assisting in liaison with statutory and advisory bodies, leader, parents and management committee to ensure all care provided is in line with HSCNI Standards (2012) and all necessary policies and procedures developed and implemented
• Maintenance of all appropriate records and reports in accordance with statutory and management requirements in a timely fashion.
• Monitoring all equipment and resources in the setting, organisation of maintenance, repair or replacement where required within management agreed budgets while ensuring high standards of care and cleanliness are maintained for the setting
• Effective and appropriate communication with parents of children using the setting.
• Assuring the Naíscoil is favourably presented at all times, partaking in activities, events and any other reasonable duties pertinent to the promotion of the setting
• Organisation, preparation and service of snacks, adhering to good standards of food hygiene
• Collaboration with relevant community, educational and advisory organisations with an aim of co-ordinating activities, to best promote our Gaeilge ethos

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail.
• Demonstrable ability to multi-task.

Desirable Skills

• Good level of spoken Irish

Further Information

Naíscoil Mhachaire Rátha proactively encourages continuous professional development of all staff. We offer opportunities to enrol in funded childcare courses and lrish language classes with generous contractual incentives to encourage this development.