Creche Assistant (Baby Room) – Experienced

Little ones at a primary school aftercare programme in White River learn through play, and you'll set up that play. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

You'll be based at a primary school aftercare programme in White River. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Help aftercare learners with homework and reading
• Feed, change and settle babies and toddlers on their routine
• Set up daily learning areas for art, blocks, reading and fantasy play
• Follow the NCF daily programme and adapt it for each age group
• Chat to parents at drop-off and pick-up about how the day went

• Clear Form 30 child protection check and police clearance
• Able to follow hygiene and safety routines without cutting corners
• Experience caring for children in a group setting, even as a volunteer
• Warm, patient and energetic with small children
• Matric

• Speak more than one home language of the children you'll teach
• Basic music, art or movement skills for group activities

• Sponsored ECD Level 5 studies
• Short holiday closures over December and Easter
• Reduced fees for your own child

• Add one sentence about an activity you ran that the children loved; it shows you can plan, not just supervise.
• Put your ECD level and first aid certificate in the first lines of your CV; creches check these before anything else.