Early Years Practitioner

The Coach House Day Nursery Nursery who are part of the Family First Group are seeking to appoint a Level 3 Nursery Practitioner team member to join their Robins room (2-years) . The desired candidate will need to be a driver due to the location of the nursery.

Our nursery is open from 7.30am - 18:00pm and we would require you to be able to work varied shift patterns between those times. We have four beautiful rooms for the children to work their way through whilst growing up and fantastic outdoor space, fields and forest school.

Nursery Practitioner main responsibilities include

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Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all times

Observe, support and extend children's development, update the EyLog system and children's learning journals with the highest quality and relevance

Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent

Report any child safeguarding or protection matters, including allegations and serious accidents/injuries to management

Ensure daily that all resources, equipment and environments are safe and suited for children's age and stageProvide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development

Communicate with impartiality and consistency respecting parent/carers' expectations and seek guidance from management if in doubt

Treat all personal and sensitive information relating to staff, children, families, visitors, nursery or the company with utmost integrity and confidentiality


• Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.
  
  Full and relevant Level 3 childcare qualification - essential


Fluent in written and spoken English - essential

Over 1 year's experience of working in Early Years - desirable

Knowledge of the Statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements - desirable

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty., All perks are pro-rota for part time staff and subject to successful completion of probationary period. These perks may be subject to further conditions and can be withdrawn or reviewed at the discretion of the company

Family First benefits include annual leave starting at 24 days on top of a paid birthday day off and bank holidays. On top of this we have discounted nursery fees for all our teams, friends and family, access to a discount/perks platform with exceptional learning & development opportunities tailored to you.