Overview
Are you enthusiastic, caring and looking for a new and exciting role in childcare?
If so, Tinies Childcare has the perfect opportunity for you. As the operators of the crèches at IKEA across the UK, and Eire, crèches within leisure facilities and shopping malls, after school provision, holiday clubs and nurseries. We are always looking for, creative and enthusiastic candidates to join our team.
We are keen to hear from crèche managers, deputies, playleaders and playworkers and crèche assistants.
Our roles mean you will be:
Engaging children in entertaining and educational play through a variety of activities.
Supporting and assisting the Manager in planning and delivering a programme of activities.
Communicating with fellow colleagues, clients and parents in a professional manner.
Our crèches and nurseries are open between 5-7 days a week and provide a quality first class childcare service for children. If you’re interested in progressing your career in childcare, apply today to join the Tinies Team.
Skills & Qualifications:
We are happy to hear from both qualified and unqualified candidates as long as you have experience of working within a formal childcare setting.
Why work for Tinies?
Professional Development
Training
Career Progression (we like to hire from within)
Access to various perks and discounts through Sodexo
Support and advice from our Tinies People Team
Applicants will need to show they have the right to work in the United Kingdom and the successful candidate will be subject to a DBS and reference check.
About Tinies Daycare
Tinies Daycare is the UK's largest provider of childcare in the UK. We support over a hundred communities through our 35+ crèches, nurseries, and holiday clubs. We work in partnership with our clients, which include IKEA, Central Government, Scottish Parliament, and Gloucestershire College. As a privately-owned company, we have a genuine desire and ethos to choose settings where we feel we can make a real difference.
Our vision is to deliver a comprehensive range of brilliant childcare solutions for our clients, creating memorable experiences for their families, children and parents.
What we do
At Tinies Daycare, we greet everyone, big and small, with a smile and pride ourselves on delivering a quality service of consistent and loving childcare that's tailored for our clients and their parents.
Some of the benefits of working for Tinies Daycare:
Apprenticeships
Support for Formal and Informal Education
Strong Path of Internal Progression
Sodexo Savings Plan to help with common costs like groceries, cinema tickets, travel and more
Access to the top-rated Flick training platform with over 40 CP-certified and RoSPA-accredited courses
Competitive Compensation Policy - We pay what we absolutely can, not what we can get away with.
In addition to the above, one of the things that makes a role within the Tinies Daycare family so unique, is our presence in a diverse group of settings. You can find us in community-based nurseries, large retailers, health clubs, corporate clients, government, and private organisations throughout the UK and Ireland.
Our Values
We firmly believe that at the heart of every successful business, is a set of strong core convictions. As a child-caring company, we believe that these values should permeate every part of our business, starting with our candidates and new hires. This continues throughout the induction process, our daily work, and every message we deliver.
We believe the magic ingredient to excellent childcare is people and we spend a great deal of time recruiting, training and retaining the right talent for our business
In addition to the technical requirements of each of our roles, we evaluate all candidates against our core values of: individuality, innovation, quality, communication, and sense of family (however you may define it).
We look forward to welcoming you to the Tinies family!
