Nursery Lunchtime Assistant
🌟 Lunchtime Assistant 🌟
📍 Location: Salisbury 🕑 Hours: 10:30am – 2:30pm (20 hours over 5 days) 💷 Salary: Up to £13.01 per hour
ABOUT US:
Finkley Hudson's Field is part of the Attraction Nurseries family — a growing childcare group delivering high-quality early years education across the UK.
At our Salisbury setting, we create a nurturing, engaging environment where children can explore, learn, and grow every single day.
In short, we help children have the best possible start in life — supporting families and creating meaningful experiences along the way 💛
Our ethos says it all: ✨ Happy Children. Happy Parents. Happy Staff.
That’s where you come in...
🌟The Benefits (The Stuff That Matters)
- 🎉In House Qualification Scheme— earn an additional +30p per hour- increase your hourly rate through WOW moments, planning & checklists
- 🌞 Up to Generous holiday + your birthday of
- 🪴 volunteer day — support a charity of your choice
- 🚼 50% childcare discount
- 💖 Wellbeing support (Health Assured + attendance rewards)
- 🎓 100 + training courses + SENCO
- 👕 Free uniform & DBS
- 💰 Referral bonuses up to £750
- 🎟 Free family access to Finkley Down Farm and Solstice Play
💡 THE ROLE:
We’re looking for a friendly, caring Lunchtime Assistant to support our team during one of the most important parts of the day — mealtimes and transitions.
This isn’t just “supervision”.
You’ll play a key role in: ✔️ Supporting children’s independence ✔️ Creating a calm, positive lunchtime experience ✔️ Helping children feel safe, settled, and cared for
🎯 You’ll be responsible for:
🍽 Lunchtime Supervision:
- Supporting children during meals and encouraging good table manners
- Creating a calm, positive, and engaging mealtime environment
- Helping children feel comfortable and confident during lunch
- Supporting children with allergies safely and correctly
- Assisting with feeding, weaning, or bottles where needed
- Ensuring smooth transitions between lunch and the next activity
🌱 Childcare Support:
- Delivering safe, meaningful activities while practitioners are on breaks
- Supporting children with routines and transitions
- Encouraging independence (handwashing, self-feeding, dressing)
- Providing comfort and reassurance where needed
- Sharing any concerns with the team
🧼 Health, Hygiene & Safety:
- Supporting personal care routines before and after meals
- Keeping environments clean, safe, and organised
- Following all health & safety and allergy procedures
- Reporting any accidents, incidents, or safeguarding concerns
- Maintaining confidentiality at all times
🤝 Team & Development:
- Working collaboratively with the team
- Supporting a positive, energetic environment
- Attending training and meetings where required
- Following and promoting nursery values and standards
💥 WHY THIS ROLE IS AWESOME:
Is this the BEST part-time role out there? 👀
We think it might be…
✨ Perfect hours — ideal for work-life balance ✨ Meaningful work — make a real difference every day ✨ Supportive team — friendly, welcoming environment ✨ Great stepping stone — ideal if you want to grow into childcare
PLUS: you’ll be part of a team that genuinely cares — about children and each other 💛
🌟 THE PERFECT CANDIDATE:
You are: ✨ Warm, friendly, and approachable ✨ Great with children and enjoy supporting their development ✨ Reliable and happy to get stuck in ✨ Calm and positive in a busy environment ✨ A team player with a great attitude
Bonus if you: ✔️ Have experience working with children (not essential!) ✔️ Are interested in progressing into a childcare role
And you read this thinking: 👉 “This sounds perfect for me!”
📍 THE DETAILS:
📍Salisbury 🕑 20 hours per week (10:30am – 2:30pm, Monday–Friday) 💷 Up to £13.01 per hour
🚨 YOUR NEXT STEPS:
If you’re looking for a role where you: ✔️ Make a difference ✔️ Work with a supportive team ✔️ Have great hours and benefits
👉 Apply now
We keep things simple and move quickly.
✨ Friendly. Supportive. No fuss.
Good luck 💛