Early Years Worker

Do you have a passion for working with children under the age of 5 ? Are you prepared to be a part of their early stages of development with a willingness to bring your whole self to work, using your imagination, individuality and creativity to support our children and families?

Then we have the perfect opportunity for you in our Nursery teams within our children's charity which is based in East London.

We have two fantastic, very busy, Ofsted rated 'GOOD' nurseries. One based in Tower Hamlets E3 and one based in Hackney E9 and we support children and babies from 3 months to 5 years.

The nursery opening hours are Monday to Friday from 8am-6pm and are open 51 weeks a year, closing on Bank Holidays and one Week over Christmas & New Year

We are providing a variation of opportunities for either a CACHE ,NVQ, or BTEC Level 3 Qualified Early Years Worker (which is our preferred) candidate but we are willing to consider a level 2 qualified person in Childcare/Unqualified Early Years Worker who is working towards a Level 3 Early Years Qualification or who will be willing to upskill their knowledge & skills by studying towards Level 3 in Childcare.

The nurseries work in tandem with each other and there are times when our team members and Managers cross to the sister nursery for support. This is a great learning benefit for our teams to ensure we run fluidly across both services.

Number of Early Years Worker post-6

3-Bow Nursery

3-Wetherell Nursery

What we will require

• Planning and implementing creative and learning activities in line with EYFS/Ofsted regulations.
• Being an inspiring person who is able to plan and implement fun and educational activities that will challenge children's learning and development.
• Working as part of a busy team whilst being able to support colleagues
• Being able to multitask and manage difficult challenges
• Ensuring safety and well-being of children at all times by supervising play and learning
• Having Safeguarding knowledge and following policies and procedures
• Following Health and Safety policies and procedures.
• Carrying out observations of children and planning next steps
• Writing reports.
• Being able to support with referrals to outside agencies
• Interacting with parents and updating them on their child's progress.
• Having a professional relationship with external partners or outside professionals.

What we are offering

• Salary: £22,431.00 per annum
• The successful candidate will be working 37 hours a week on a rotating shift pattern -
• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to discussing flexible working arrangements.
• 45minutes Lunch break each day
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 3 years of service
• Upskilling our staff and providing access to Early Years Qualifications
• Access to ‘tickets for good' who provide discounted tickets to events, shows, experience days and more.
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans (for Travel to work)
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Corporate University which encourages continual personal development.

The successful applicant will be offered a position at either Bow or Wetherell Nursery.

Please note that any qualifications you hold must be full and relevant as per the Department for Education guidelines.

An enhanced DBS (Child Workforce) will be required for these roles.

You will be required to provide 5 years employment history for references.

Applicants will be required to undertake a 'Declaration' that neither they nor anyone who lives in the same household as the applicant or who lives at their address, is a disqualified person under the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009.

When completing your application please refer to the skills, knowledge and experience you have in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Please also specify if you are applying for a Full time or Part time position.

We look forward to receiving your application