Nursery Practitioner - Level 2 

Permanent | Monday – Friday I 40 hours per week - £12.84 p/h 

Welcome Bonus - £750 

Footsteps Stafford Nursery & Pre-School is based in a large period property with an impressive outdoor garden, our nursery features an on-site forest school including an outside classroom. This friendly and homely nursery provides quality childcare for children from birth to 5 years. Our staff provide both a stimulating environment, as well as excellent opportunities, for children to learn through a mix of adult led and child-initiated activities.

Responsibilities but not limited to:

- Deliver learning experiences and planned activities for a key group that provides outstanding opportunities for the children

- Work within a team to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the children

- Work in partnership with parents to ensure the outcomes for children are met

- Assess and report on children's progress to ensure continued development

- Be passionate, inspiring and work effectively within a team and have a hands on approach to your own professional learning and development

- To be fun, caring and friendly

- To promote a high-quality learning environment

What do we need from you?

- Passion and commitment to working in childcare

- Ability to work shifts between 7.30-6.00pm Monday to Friday working between 40 hours per week

- Commitment to continual development

- Have sound Knowledge of EYFS

- NNEB, BTEC Nat Dip, CACHE Dip in Childcare, NVQ level 3, EY Educator

Why Join Us?

At Family First, we value our team members and offer a\ncomprehensive benefits package, including:

· Annual leave: 24 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays and an\nextra paid day off for your birthday

· Childcare discount: 75% off nursery fees for team members

· Wellbeing support: Access to a confidential Employee\nAssistance Programme helpline

· Learning and development: Tailored training and\ndevelopment opportunities to support your career growth

· Pension: Company pension scheme

· Employee discounts: Access to Perkaboo employee discounts

· Mentoring: Employee mentoring programme

· Health and wellbeing: Dedicated health and wellbeing\nsupport

· Refer a Friend scheme: Earn up to £750 through our\nreferral programme

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare\nof children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate\nwill be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as\npart of our Safeguarding Duty.

Footsteps Nursery Stafford is part of the Family First Group.\nWhere we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and\nresponsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child.\nWe are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory\npractice for all children and families according to their individual needs.\nDiscrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief,\nmarriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender\nreassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political\nbelief has no place within the Family First Group.