Job Description
Bank Nursery Practitioner
Salary: £8.75 - £11.65 an hour, depending on experience
Hours:Part-time,Zero-hour contract
Location: Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 1LP or New Balderton, Newark,NG24 3AH
Benefits for a Nursery Practitioner:
Employee assistance programme including counselling
Bike to work scheme
On going CPD Programme
Bank holidays off
Company pension
Company social events
Are you ready to join a Nursery who is as passionate about it's staff as it is about the children we care for?
We are looking for someone who can provide loving care to our amazing children at Serendipitys. Children at Serendipitys always come first BUT we also look after you because to our children you are Super Hero's and YOU deserve to feel like a hero as well.
Role/Responsibilities/Duties of a Nursery Practitioner:
Provide high standards of quality within the nursery including the environment, resources and experiences offered to children.
Observe, support and extend childrens learning.
Plan appropriately for children using the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum for guidance.
Maintain accurate and effective child records.
Work in partnership with parents/carers and other family members.
Demonstrate good practice with regards to special needs and inclusion.
Ensure that children are kept safe and when necessary follow safeguarding procedures.
Ensure that the nutritional needs of the children are met and the Food Safety Regulations are complied with.
Work with area SENCOs, EYFS advisors, health professionals and local Sure Start programmes as appropriate.
Comply with statutory framework for the EYFS and relevant legislation including the Childrens Act 1989 and 2004.
Learn about current developments in childcare and education policy and practice.
By a Key Person carrying out all related responsibilities in building relationships with a small group of children and their families.
Essential Criteria of a Nursery Practitioner:
Childcare qualification or unqualified
An understanding of and commitment to equal opportunities
An understanding of health and safety in the work place
A willingness to undertake further relevant training.
Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. Therefore, it is essential in making your application you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences.
This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are 'spent under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.
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