CherryLands Nursery
Sopwith Drive, Weybridge, KT13 0YU
Nursery Practitioner
20 hours per week, Monday - Friday, All year round
Salary - £12,417.60 per annum
Level 3 Childcare Qualification is essential
CherryLands Nursery is Ofsted rated Good and provides care for children from 3 months – 5 years with a sperate activity room and soft play room on site. We are looking a Nursery Practitioner to join our team in our 0-2s. Within this role you will be responsible for a designated group of children as a key person and will guide the children through the daily routine, liaise with parents and provide an enabling environment.
This role is working 42.5 hours per week, various shifts patterns between the opening and closing times of the nursery 8am-18:00pm. This nursery is open all year round and is not a term time only role. You will need to hold full and relevant Level 3 Childcare qualficiation for this role. Salary of upto £26,387.40 per year depending on qualifications and experience.
As Nursery Practitioner, you will:
* 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.
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
We’re a family by name, and we’re a family by nature too. We are defined in many different ways, by many different people. Different cultures. Different ideas. Different ages, genders and skillsets. Whilst every individual will have their own definition of family, these definitions all come together to show Family First for who we are.
We are: Defined by Family
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.
Cherrylands 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.
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Benefits
* Annual leave starts at 24 days on top of a paid birthday day off and public bank holidays.
* Annual pay review to ensure competitive salary.
* Team fun days and award events to thank and celebrate our wonderful teams.
* 50% off nursery fees for our team member’s children and up to 25% for grandchildren/friends/families.
* Employee assistance helpline offering confidential counselling and advisory service from qualified and trained experts 24/7.
* Exceptional learning & development opportunities tailored to you.
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