Job Title: Level 3 Nursery Practitioner
Salary: £25,376 per annum
Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent (40 hrs) but willing to consider less hours/ part time for the right candidate
Location: 1-5 Chapel Road, Southampton SO30 3FE
Play Away Day Nursery West End has the opportunity for a Level 3 Qualified staff member to join their team on their journey to delivering the highest quality childcare to its children and families.
About us:
Our Nursery consists of three detached buildings; each carefully adapted to suit the developmental stages of the children within them. The rooms are spacious with large feature windows, flooding the rooms in natural light. The nursery buildings are set within a half-acre site with each room having their own garden space, vegetable patch, playground equipment, dens and hidey holes, and back onto 40 acres of Hatch Grange Nature Reserve. The children are taken on trips to the local community such as the park and the library which enables the children to develop a sense of belonging to our local community.
At Play Away, our goal is to encourage independence across all areas of learning and development, and we instil our philosophy of ‘Nurture, Care, Inspire’ in everything we do.
Nursery Practitioner main duties and responsibilities:
* 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.
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
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.
Play Away Day Nursery West End 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.
Benefits:
Family First benefits include annual leave starting at 24 days on top of a paid birthday day off and bank holidays. On top of this we have discounted nursery fees for all our teams, friends and family, access to a discount/perks platform with exceptional learning & development opportunities tailored to you.
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