Job Ref No. ECC2578-99S Position Type: Early Years Pay Range: Scale 2 Point 3 - Scale 2 Point 4
Position Start Date: Immediate Contract Type: Full-time Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 27/04/2025 Midnight Date of Interviews: w/c 28/04/2025 / w/c 05/05/2025
Role: Full-Time Level 2/3 Nursery Assistant
Hours of work: 37 hours per week (8.30am to 4.15pm Monday to Thursday & 8.30am to 4.10pm Friday)
51.1 weeks a year (the Nursery closes for a week between Christmas and New Year)
6.5 weeks paid holiday (including Bank Holidays) per academic year
Chapel Hill Nursery has an exciting opportunity for an experienced childcare practitioner to join our brand-new nursery. The offer is open to experienced practitioners with a Level 2 or 3 early years/childcare qualification. Working with children aged from 3 months to 4 years as part of the nursery team, you will provide safe, high-quality education and care for babies and young children. Duties will include:
1. Acting as a keyworker for a small group of children.
2. Providing exceptional care.
3. Liaising closely with parents/carers and ensuring each child's needs are recognised and met.
4. Teaching children and offering an appropriate level of support and stimulation.
5. Helping to set up and tidy away at the end of the session.
6. Attending meetings and training courses as appropriate.
7. Undertaking any other reasonable duties as directed by the room lead.
The role will also include supporting at the school's Tea Time Club from 3pm which caters for children in the nursery as well as the school (up to and including Year 4).
As the 'sister' school to Lee Chapel Primary School, one of Basildon's 'Outstanding' Primary and Nursery Schools, Chapel Hill Nursery staff provide high quality care and early education. We are looking for a caring, dedicated and enthusiastic individual who has a passion for working with babies and children and would like to join our new nursery.
This position is to start immediately; however, we are willing to wait for the right candidate to serve their notice period for the current role.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. Please note that previous applicants need not apply.
All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.
Contact Information:
Sue Jackson
Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery
George Street, Basildon
Essex, SS16 5NQ
Telephone: 01268 904434
Email: personnel@leechapel.essex.sch.uk
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