Job Description

We are looking for enthusiastic, passionate and hard working practitioners to join our team.

Our aim is to ensure children in our setting feel safe and happy in our care. They are at the heart of everything we do and we aim for them to leave our setting, confident with a love of learning, ready for their next stage.

for Nursery Practitioner

To provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children place in the setting.

To work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, develop and learn.

To build and maintain strong partnership working with parents to enable children's needs to be met.

Main Purpose and Activities:

To ensure all members of the room-team are effectively delivering the EYFS, ensuring that the individual needs and interests of children in the nursery are met. To ensure the whole team keep records of their key children's development and learning journeys and share with parents, carers and other key adults in the child's life. To support management team to develop and up-skill staff practice, support all staff and engage in a good staff team. To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communication with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs. To ensure the provision of a high quality environment to meet the needs of individual children having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures and medical histories. To advise manager/deputy of any concerns, e.g. over children, parents, the safety of the environment, preserving confidentiality as necessary. To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, etc To be flexible within working practices of the setting, undertaking other responsible duties where needed, such as domestic tasks, preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment, etc. To work alongside the manager and staff team to ensure that the nursery's philosophy and ethos are fulfilled. To read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role and the safe running of the nursery. To keep completely confidential any information regarding the children, their families or other staff that is acquired as part of the job. To be aware of the high profile of the nursery and to uphold its standards at all times, both in work hours and outside. To support and mentor nursery assistants, students and volunteers. To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times. To undertake and lead on additional responsibilities such as training coordinator, festivals coordinator, social media coordinator, etc...

Other:

This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holder.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From 12.30 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

Company events Company pension Employee discount
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Experience:

Nursery: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person