Job Description: Level 2 Nursery Practitioner
Salary: £26,000 per annum
Hours: 40 hours per week
Ellingham House Day Nursery is a welcoming and vibrant nursery dedicated to providing high-quality care and education for children aged 0-5. Our team is passionate about creating a fun, safe, and stimulating environment where children can explore and develop at their own pace.
We are currently seeking a passionate and enthusiastic Level 2 Nursery Practitioner to join our growing team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is committed to delivering outstanding care and education to children aged 0-5 years.
About us:
Ellingham House Day Nursery is set idyllically in a Georgian country house surrounded by 2.5 acres of lawns and woodland. In this safe space, our children have the opportunity to explore, stretch, and run as well as practice their climbing and balancing skills in the ever-popular ‘bear cave’. The paddock is home to our friendly Valais Black Nose sheep- Baarbara and Soozie. The children help the team care for them and learn how to stay safe around animals. The nursery has a real ‘home from home’ feel, with welcoming rooms specifically suited to babies, toddlers and preschoolers.
The nursery is open 8:00am-6:00pm and we would require you to work a minimum of 40 hours per week within those hours. Please note the nursery is not a term time only nursery.
If you are dedicated to supporting children and their families to thrive, creating exciting and engaging play and learning opportunities and being a part of a supportive team then apply today to come and join us.
Early Years Practitioner duties and responsibilities:
* 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.
Early Years Practitioner requirements and skills:
* Full and relevant Level 2/3 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.
Ellingham House 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.
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.
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