Playgroup Facilitator (Mornings)

Parents at this workplace day care centre in Worcester trust you with their children every morning. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is in Worcester (Western Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Feed, change and settle babies and toddlers on their routine
• Plan themes and holiday programmes with the principal
• Set up daily learning areas for art, blocks, reading and fantasy play
• Watch children closely outside and keep the play area safe
• Run morning ring with songs, weather and counting
• Observe each child and note milestones in their development file

• Clear Form 30 child protection check and police clearance
• ECD Level 4 or Level 5 qualification, or currently studying towards one
• Matric
• Experience caring for children in a group setting, even as a volunteer
• Warm, patient and energetic with small children
• Able to follow hygiene and safety routines without cutting corners

• Experience with children with special needs
• Basic music, art or movement skills for group activities

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

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