Nursery Practitioner

Happy Days Nursery in Derriford is seeking a level 3 qualified Nursery Practitioner to join their team, working on a full time, or part time capacity.
We have over thirty years of expert experience and an ethos to support children to become strong and motivated learners for life. We pride ourselves on providing a service to enable parents to work and live their daily lives knowing their children are cherished and cared for to the highest standard by our dedicated team of professional childcare colleagues.
As Nursery Practitioner you will play a vital role in helping us inspire the future for our children, by offering them the very best care and education using our unique curriculum “Where Children Shine”
Your roles and responsibilities as Nursery Practitioner would include –
Performance
Embodying our SHINE values (Support, Honesty, Inspiration, Nurturing and Empowerment) in everything you do
Supporting the effective running on the nursery by being organised, and have the ability to plan and prioritise your work
Being positive, confident and honest
Having great initiative and a “can do” attitude
Knowing and upholding our policies, procedures and established working practices
Holding a recognised level 3 qualification in childcare
Outstanding Childcare
Being a “key person” for a group of children, ensuring that their care and development needs are being met at all times
Using our unique “Where Children Shine” curriculum to observe, plan and assess children’s learning opportunities
Understanding and implementing safeguarding, health and safety and welfare requirement policies and practices
Working with Others
Be a dedicated team player, and valuing the experience and skills of your colleagues
Continually striving to work together to deliver thee very best care and education for the children
Supporting colleagues with empathy and care
We can inspire YOUR future by offering
Ongoing training, development and career progression opportunities
A supportive and nurturing management structure, who take pride in our team and our people
Family friendly working – with flexible working patterns and childcare discount,
Employee Assistances Programmes to support colleagues
50% Childcare discount
Hourly rate of 11.07 per hour
Our teams, whether in our nurseries or our support centre SHINE, they ensure we are delivering outstanding childcare to every child in our settings everyday, this helps to make Happy Days a great place to work. By ensuring we are always recruiting, retaining and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues, who are representative of the communities within which our nurseries sits gives us the best opportunity to continue to deliver outstanding childcare
“Happy Days Nurseries are committed to the safety and wellbeing of the children in our care, as such the successful post holder will be required to undergo a robust vetting process, including an enhanced DBS Check and Reference History Checks”