Nursery Assistant- Garden Village Nursery

We are a fantastic, supportive, happy team that work together closely to provide amazing opportunities for all the children in our care and ensure that staff are offered continued professional development to suit individual needs and interests.

Garden Village Academy will open for Nursery and Reception aged pupils in September 2024 and then grow year-on-year up to Year 6. We welcome applications from suitably experienced Nursery Assistants to provide an enriched Early Years learning journey for children in the newly built community.  

With state-of-the-art facilities, the site also boasts abundant outdoor learning opportunities for children in a beautiful natural environment.  

Our vision for Garden Village Nursery and Care Club is to work in close collaboration with parents, the local and wider community to enable children to soar to excellence.  To find out more information about the role or to arrange a visit to the setting please contact S Shilling on sshilling@opoj.fierte.org

Job Summary

Garden Village Nursery are recruiting for a Level 2 or Level 3 Nursery Nurse to work in a fun, stimulating nursery as part of the new Academy School.

The key-duties of a Nursery Nurse include;

• Fulfil the welfare requirements of the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) and have a sound understanding of the learning and development requirements.
• Play and support children's learning Review and monitor your key-children's development, to ensure children's needs and development are met.
• Liaise with parent's and other professionals Work as part of a team.

In addition to fulfilling the Person Specification, the successful candidate will:

• be ambitious;
• have high aspirations for every child in our nursery/school, and strive to ensure that every second of their journey is magical, memorable and of the highest possible standard;
• be committed to their own professional learning;
• be able to contribute and support the nursery/school's relentless drive to enable limitless possibilities for every child;
• be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people.

Job Type / Category

The contract is a permanent position working term time plus 5 training days, with up to 6 additional days in the holidays.

Benefits

Our Pride Our Joy / Garden Village Nursery have many benefits in place for staff.

• New or returning Early Years Practitioners who have had a break of at least 6 months from early years workforce will benefit from the Golden Hello/EY Financial Incentive Pilot, where the individual will benefit from a £1,000 Bonus. Please see the next section for further details of eligibility.
• Pay is reviewed annually in line with school support staff yearly increments.
• We offer flexible working hours.
• We offer the opportunity to be part of a NEST pension scheme.
• You will be offered a competitive salary, training, and comprehensive mentoring program to support you in your job role and provide you with the necessary skills to progress within your childcare career.
• We promote whole team days where we focus on promoting teamwork, developing professional knowledge and skills, and having fun.
• As part of a larger team there are always opportunities for career progression As part of the Fierte Multi Academy Trust we benefit from the expertise and support available to us and operate under their values

Individual Eligibility Criteria for the Golden Hello/EY Financial Incentive Pilot

The individual (You) eligible for the incentive must meet the following criteria:

• Applying for their first role at an early year's provider required by section 40(2) of the Childcare Act 2006 to implement the early years foundation stage – other than a childminder or a reception class, or Returning after a break of at least six months, and have secured a permanent role at a Staffordshire based Provider which involves directly working with children for at least 70% of the time, this can be in a full or part time role. Apprentices must have passed their apprenticeship and be taken on in a permanent role. The individual is not on temporary contract.
• The individual must have a minimum qualification in relation to early years and childcare and is DBS checked.
  Minimum requirements are outlined at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/early-years-qualifications-finder
• The individual has been recruited by the Provider for a role that was advertised between1st April to 31st December 2024. The individual must engage in the information sharing and evaluation which will be through electronic surveys. This will be to monitor the progress of the pilot and to feedback to the DFE (Department for Education).

How to apply

If you enjoy being with children and want to be part of an amazing team or have a clear knowledge and understanding of childcare practice and want to further your own professional development, then please return a completed application form to hr@fierte.org or info@opoj.fierte.org by the closing date.

The application pack and full details of the role can be found below

Please note that CV’s will NOT be accepted.

Application timeline

Closing date: Monday June 3rd

Shortlisting:  Tuesday June 4th

Candidates who have been shortlisted will be notified by Friday June 7th

Interview will take place: w/c Monday June 17th

Please note if you have not received communication inviting you for an interview within ten working days of the closing date of the post, you can assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We thank you for your interest in the nursery and encourage you to apply for suitable vacancies in the future.

Safeguarding Statement

Fierté Multi-Academy Trust and Our Pride, Our Joy Nursery and Care Club is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record and other relevant safeguarding information that may make them unsuitable to work with children.

It is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity.

A copy of Our Pride, Our Joy Safeguarding Policy can be viewed here

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