Nursery Practitioner

Woodberry Waterlooville Day Nursery

Nursery Practitioner

41.15 hours per week (Monday - Friday)

Salary £8.60-£11.94 per hr depending on qualifications and experience

Level 2 / Level 3 Childcare Qualification is essential
Woodberry Waterlooville Day Nursery are seeking a passionate Early Years Practitioner to join their team working 4 days per week in their 0-2's room (Caterpillars).
Within this role you will provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development.

Nursery Practitioner main duties and responsibilities*:
Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments, and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development.
Understand and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS are met.

Ensure the highest levels of cleanliness and hygiene in the nursery and promote these daily in every routine.
Undertake any other duties to ensure the smooth running of the nursery, and the safety and wellbeing of children, staff, and families.
Maintain strictly professional relationships and report any complaints or concerns to management in accordance with company policy and procedures.
Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent.

Attend regular team meetings to ensure that you remain updated on key priorities, changes, developments and regularly review company policies and procedures.
*Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

Requirements and skills:
Full and relevant Level 2/ 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.
Woodberry Waterlooville Day Nursery is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child.
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs.
Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.
#INDR2HP Benefits
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.

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