Nursery Practitioner - Level 3

Buckden Day Nursery

Job Title:   Nursery Practitioner – Level 3

Hours:   Part Time or Full Time hours will be considered (starting from 2 full days per week up to 4 full days per week).

Salary:   £13.74 per hour 

Buckden Day Nursery are curiosity approach accredited and full of natural heuristic resources, come and join us and be wowed by our inspirational environments and in the moment planning that supports children’s exploration and understanding of the world.

The nursery building is made up of small intimate rooms allowing free flow between different dedicated spaces for the children and staff, ready to get messy… lets go in the art room, want to role play, come and join our home corner area, regardless of your interests we’ve got something for you!

Being set in a beautiful village allows us to go for local walks regularly and really embed ourselves into our community. As a team we love spending time outside, not just on walks but in our large spacious gardens. The children enjoy spending time in the allotment area, mud kitchens and sunken sandpits with separate areas for our youngest children so all rooms can be in the garden simultaneously Over the coming months our pre school children are thrilled to be starting forest school at the local school grounds and within our garden we are opening our woodwork station for some hands on learning and risk taking in a safe environment!

We have a well established team that feel like a family with a mixture of ages and up to 20 years service. When joining the team you will be joining a support network who value you, your ideas, opinions and ambitions. With a thorough induction process, buddy system and opportunities for inspirational continuous development and learning.

Why Join Us?

At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Refer a Friend - Earn upto £750 when you refer a friend
  
• Perkaboo - access to our employee benefits app including cash back and money off 100s of retailers 
  
• Employee Childcare Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team members
  
• Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays 
  
• Health and Wellbeing Programme: Confidential employee assistance helpline available
  
• Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
  

As Nursery Practitioner, you will:

Ensure that each child’s individual needs are met and a high standard of professional care and education is delivered in a caring, safe and secure environment in which all children can play, learn and develop.

Observe, assess and plan an interesting, stimulating and challenging range of early years activities which supports each child’s individual learning and development needs and abilities.

• Engage as a professional member of the team, exhibiting a flexible attitude and willingness to develop new skills.
  
• Ensure that company policies and procedures are read, applied, reviewed regularly and adhered to by all.
  
• Follow risk assessments diligently and report all health and safety matters to management.
  
• Enhance the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development.
  

 As Nursery Practitioner, you will need: 

• 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
  

Buckden 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.