Nursery Assistant

Family First Nursery Group

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Saint Neots

£13.72/hour

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Job Description

Buckden Day Nursery

Job Title: Nursery Practitioner – Level 3

Hours: Part Time - 18 hours per week (Monday and Thursday)

Salary: £13.72 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.

Requirements

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.

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

Benefits

Why Join Us?

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

· Annual leave: 24 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays and an\nextra paid day off for your birthday

· Childcare discount: 75% off nursery fees for team members

· Wellbeing support: Access to a confidential Employee\nAssistance Programme helpline

· Learning and development: Tailored training and\ndevelopment opportunities to support your career growth

· Pension: Company pension scheme

· Employee discounts: Access to Perkaboo employee discounts

· Mentoring: Employee mentoring programme

· Health and wellbeing: Dedicated health and wellbeing\nsupport

· Refer a Friend scheme: Earn up to £750 through our\nreferral programme

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare\nof children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this\ncommitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be\nrequired for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of\nour Safeguarding Duty.

Buckden Nursery is part of the\nFamily First Group. Where we take great care to treat everyone as a person,\nwith equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they\nare an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity\nand anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to\ntheir individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race,\nreligion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation,\ngender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or\npolitical belief has no place within the Family First Group.

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