Nursery - Qualified Nursery Practitioner

Are you a level 2 or level 3 Qualified Nursery Practitioner? 

We are working with a private school and nursery to recruit new staff. The school is dedicated to providing a well-rounded holistic education that nurtures intellectual curiosity, fosters critical thinking, and instils values of integrity, kindness, and respect.

They are passionate about ensuring the children are happy and confident whilst they are at the School and Nursery and that they move on to secondary schools with an excellent skill set.

Taking children from 8 months upwards the nursery provides a warm, friendly, family atmosphere and builds close links with their parents, fostering a bond of trust.

The purpose of the role is to contribute fully in the provision of a full and balanced range of learning activities, ensuring the care and well-being of children and maintaining positive links with parents and professionals working with the nursery and school.

This is a full-time role, 40 hours per week (shifts between 0730 and 1800, 8-hour shifts with variable start/finish times), 52 weeks per year Monday to Friday.

Qualifications

Essential

• A full and relevant Nursery Assistant qualification such as NVQ Level 2, CCLD, NNEB, CACHE or equivalent

Desirable

• NVQ Level 3
• First Aid Certificate

Skills

• demonstrate an ability to work and communicate with young children
• show a clear understanding of safeguarding and child protection
• plan effective activities for children of all abilities
• observe, monitor and provide constructive feedback on children’s progress
• understand the roles of parents and carers in children’s learning and demonstrate ability to liaise with parents and carers sensitively and effectively
• work independently as well as part of a team
• work creatively
• provide necessary personal care to children
• develop their knowledge through the evaluation of their own learning needs
• organise, lead and motivate a team, and work well as part of it
• demonstrate very good numeracy, literacy and ICT skills
• show personal integrity, honesty, energy, stamina, flexibility and enthusiasm
• be open-minded, self-evaluating and adaptable to changing circumstances and ideas

Experience 

Essential

• working in an Early Years setting
• implementing the Early Years Foundation Stage
• working with children with additional needs
• working with relevant age groups within a learning environment.

Desirable

• working with outside agencies
• previous experience of caring for or working with children in a voluntary or paid capacity.

The Nursery Practitioner should have knowledge and understanding of:

• Early Years Foundation Stage
• SEN Code of Practice
• relevant policies, codes of practice and legislation including safeguarding
• multi agency working
• the Key Person system
• Ofsted National Standards
• relevant strategies in appropriate curriculum or learning area.

If you feel you have the qualifications and skills required, please apply with an up-to-date CV.