Nursery Practitioner - Level 3 Practitioner

Hours: 40 hours- 4.5 days per week

Salary: £13.58 per hour.

Are you ready to join a team that parents say ‘the staff went above and beyond to help me, they are absolutely amazing.’

Rushden Day Nursery are looking for a Level 3 Practitioner to join the team on a permanent basis. In this role you will be joining a team that is committed to providing excellent childcare in a friendly, welcoming and secure surrounding. As a setting we have a nursery catering for children from 0-5 years and an out of school club catering for children up to 12 years old. This role will either be working within the rooms from 0-3 years or supporting the pre school children and out of school club ranging from 3 – 12 years depending on the best fit for the right candidate.

Our nursery is rated by Ofsted as GOOD and we strive for this high quality every day, are you ready to join a team of high quality, knowledgeable practitioners to support our families and children?

Requirements Nursery Practitioner main duties and responsibilities*:

Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments, and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development.

Understand and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS are met.

Ensure the highest levels of cleanliness and hygiene in the nursery and promote these daily in every routine.

Undertake any other duties to ensure the smooth running of the nursery, and the safety and wellbeing of children, staff, and families.

Maintain strictly professional relationships and report any complaints or concerns to management in accordance with company policy and procedures.

Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent.

Attend regular team meetings to ensure that you remain updated on key priorities, changes, developments and regularly review company policies and procedures.

Requirements and skills: Full and relevant Level 3 childcare qualification – essential

Fluent in written and spoken English - essential

Over 1 year’s experience of working in Early Years - desirable

Knowledge of the Statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements - desirable

Benefits Why Join Us?

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

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

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

· Wellbeing support: Access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme helpline

· Learning and development: Tailored training and development 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 support

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

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

Rushden Nursery is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.