An exciting opportunity has come up at First Leap Specialist Observation and Assessment Nursery at Foreland Fields School for a Nursery Nurse to join our team. First Leap Nursery is a specialist intervention nursery located at Foreland Fields School. Its main purpose is to provide early educational support to children who have complex difficulties with their learning and development as well as providing support and advice to parents and carers regarding the possibility of an assessment for an Educational, Health and Care Plan to support them throughout their childhood.
Pre-School children who have been identified as having complex differences and difficulties are referred to us by a specialist teacher from the Specialist Teaching and Learning Service (STLS) or Portage in order to access our service where we can provide specialist interventions on or off site. These interventions are carried out by our specialist team within the nursery. The placement is normally on a dual placement basis meaning that the children attend our setting as well as their mainstream setting during the week.
This exciting opportunity has come about during a period of change for the nursery where we are starting to operate in a more “outreach” based model where practitioners go out to mainstream nurseries to support rather than children coming into the nursery on Foreland Fields site. We are starting to move towards this structure throughout the next academic year so that by September 2025 we will aim to provide an outreach provision 95% of the time with only the really complex children who may not be able to access a mainstream nursery accessing the intervention at Foreland Fields School.
Ideally, we are looking for someone who already has some experience of supporting children who have a diagnosis of ASD or complex learning needs, but we would welcome applications from candidates with knowledge and understanding of early child development, who are keen to learn. The applicant would be expected to work towards providing outreach support to mainstream nurseries having undergone training and fully supported by the nursery team. There will be plenty of opportunity for the successful applicant to work alongside more experienced members of staff prior to being expected to do this independently.
The First Leap Nursery Team are passionate about the work they do, they are a fabulous team and are extremely supportive of one another in their roles. They are excited to continue to build a team around them as they move towards this new approach.
Hours:
5 days a week term time only:
1. 8:30-3:45 Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri
2. Thurs – 8:30-2:45/4:45pm on alternate weeks.
5 INSET days
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