Posted 25 November, 2025 Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Guildford logo

Nursery Lunch Cover Assistant

Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Guildford Surrey

Job details

  • Salary £12.50 per hour
  • Role Lunch Time Assistant
  • Hours Part Time
  • Location Guildford, Surrey
  • Job Reference Nursery Lunch Cover - Monkey Puzzle Guildford

Job summary

Lunch Cover Assistant

Location: Monkey Puzzle Guildford

Salary: 
Starting from £12.50 per hour (dependent on qualification(s) and experience)

Join our caring, welcoming and supportive team at Monkey Puzzle Guildford
 

Why Us?
Our vision is to inspire change through excellence in childcare, creating a positive impact for generations to come. For over 20 years we have been providing children the highest quality of care with unlimited opportunities to grow, learn and develop in our safe and secure environments for.

Key Responsibilites:

  • You will be able to help provide high standards of care and education to meet the individual needs of the children
  • You are able to provide play based learning opportunities for all children
  • You will be able to adhere to all company policies and procedures and maintain positive working relationships with the team, parents and carers
  • You will know when to report issues of concern to a senior team member
  • You have a positive attitude and creative ideas to inspire learning
  • You have good verbal and written communication skills with adults and children
  • You will have great planning and organisation skills
  • You will have a willingness to learn
  • Ensure high levels of interaction with children in order to help extend their learning
  • Support children at mealtimes ensuring these provide a positive social experience for the children
  • Provide support for children who are transitioning to new settings
  • Help children with feeding, changing clothes, nappies, toileting etc

People matter at Monkey Puzzle and as a part of our team you will benefit from:

  • Continued opportunities for professional growth and access to our engaging online training platform.
  • Flexible hours and an understanding that work needs to work for you.
  • Free parking
  • Childcare discount
  • Access to free counselling services
  • Free meals
  • Company wide events
  • A wellbeing focused leadership team
  • Competitive salary
  • 2 annual inset training days
  • £1000 refer a friend scheme

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Safeguarding Statement

Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries are committed to Keeping children safe; therefore, it is necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record Disclosure and Barred check to be undertaken. All posts involving direct contact with children and vulnerable adults are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. All candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions, you may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your employment commences.

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