What makes you happy and want to work in a setting?

What makes you happy and want to work in a setting?

by: newsetting - 18-03-08 20:54

Question as above.

by: Rose

I work for an agency at the moment. The places I like to go to have friendly staff, relaxed atmosphere, somewhere the children are put first rather than routines, natural daylight, cushions on floor, table cloths, group dinners rather than in the rooms, cooks who know their place and dont make the staff work to their timetable instead of the childrens. A place where childrens work is appriciated, where I can get more or different equipment out without feeling like I'm upsetting the room. A place where the children are listened to and where the parents are valued. Somwhere where the displays on the walls are child driven and not cut out shapes of butterflies with a note to say 'we've been painting butterflies', the staff might have been, but the children will just have been painting! A place where all the staff use the same rules regarding behaviour and sanctions in the same way to all children.

I could go on but thats probably enough for now!!

RE: RE: What makes you happy and want to work in a setting? - 20-03-08 08:31

by: hatthar

I tend to enjoy working in nurseries more when the manager / owner treats you like a person and not just one of many employees or just a number. 

I have found it much more enjoyable to work in nurseries where there are staff of a wide range of ages, different backgrounds and both men and women.  It is also more enjoyable when there is not a high turn over of staff. 

This is just my personal view, but I have found that I much prefer working in nurseries that are not part of a chain.  I also have found it more enjoyable to work in nurseries, but this is my personal experience only, that in are smaller as it feels more personal, both for the staff and for the children in our care and their families.