We are looking for an apprentice Early Years Practitioner who is highly motivated, professional and experienced in Early Years to complete a Level 3 Early Years.
This is a unique opportunity to develop your career with access to extensive training and development opportunities.
We have a full time position working a 30/40 hour week over 4/5 days.
We know that right now experienced Level 3 practitioners are in very high demand and more valuable than ever before! With lots of childcare settings recruiting at the moment, you have the power of choice.
We believe that practitioners deserve to feel valued for the unique set of skills and high level of professional knowledge that you hold. So get in touch to see what a career at Precious Little Ones has to offer you.
What will PLO can offer you?
- We offer an auto-enrolment pension scheme
- Attendance bonus
- Additional annual leave after 2 years
- We offer a generous 25% staff childcare discount
- Paid day off for your birthday every year
- We subsidise social events for our staff to encourage team morale
- We provide regular well-being activities to show appreciation to staff
- Training
- Celebration Events such as a Christmas do
- On-site parking
About this role:
· Do you love arriving at the end of a day and knowing that you made a difference?
· Are you ambitious about what children can achieve?
· Are you excited and imaginative about creating possibilities for their learning?
· Do you possess an astonishing array of voices that can be used for dramatic effect in all kinds of stories?
· Are you devoted to parent partnership?
· Can you be a superhero at a moment’s notice because that is what the children demand?
· Are you more concerned about what children take home in their hearts and minds, than in their hands when they leave nursery?
· Are you a team player?
If this sounds like you what are you waiting for, we’d love to meet you.
Qualifications
Desirable – Paediatric first aid qualification; any related professional qualification (e.g. Foundation Degree, EYPS, EYTS)
Experience
Essential – Experience working in a children’s day nursery
Desirable – Knowledge and experience of delivering the EYFS; experience of Ofsted inspections; working with children with Special Educational Needs
Safeguarding commitment
Precious Little Ones are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children within our care and expects all those employed by the Company to share this commitment. All posts involve working with children and are therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. You are therefore required to declare any convictions that you may have, including those that would otherwise be regarded as ‘spent’ under this Act.
Precious Little Ones are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children within our care and expects all those employed by the Company to share this commitment.
All successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions. It also prevents unsuitable people form working with vulnerable groups, including children through its criminal records checking and barring functions.
Precious Little Ones are committed to ensuring that all our staff create a value based culture where mutual respect, integrity and high quality interactions facilitate communication and understanding which empowers our children, parents and staff to succeed in a rich, stimulating care and learning environment within the nurture of our passionate, dedicated team.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Fixed term contract, Temp to perm
Pay: £6.00-£11.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
School type:
- Day nursery
- Private nursery school
Application question(s):
- Level 2
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (preferred)
Work Location: In person