Nursery Practitioner

Our nursery children are looking for a dedicated adult that can recognise and name all dinosaurs, a good sense of humour is a must as you will be required to answer all how, why, what and who questions roughly 100 times in a day! The children would like someone who will want to explore muddy puddles outside, help tie numerous amounts of shoe laces and help replenish the tissue station!

Some knowledge of Peppa Pig, Paw Patrol, Disney Princesses and superheroes would be an advantage and don’t worry if you sing out of tune just feeling comfortable to do it in front of a crowd is all we ask! If you are happy with getting messy, having various unknown substances wiped on you and going home looking like you’ve been through a hurricane, when you’ve actually let a child do your hair then this could be the job for you. As Mary Poppins said, this job is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and you can expect to share warm hugs, feeling important to many families and a huge sense of pride when a child leaves ready for ‘big’ school.

The grown up's are looking for someone that has …

Essential criteria

• Willingness to learn.
• Level 3 early years education and childcare qualification or equivalent (or Level 2 with a commitment to obtaining a level 3 qualification.
• Previous experience of working with young children.
• Sound knowledge of child development for children from birth to five years.
• Knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
• Knowledge of child protection procedures.
• Team player
• Good communication skills.
• An understanding of play based approaches to children’s learning and development.
• Commitment to equal opportunities.

Job Type: Full time- term time only. 35 hours a week.  for 39 weeks a year (This includes a week for staff training, staff meetings etc). 

Job title: Nursery Practitioner

Responsible to: Nursery Manager

Responsible for: Key Children

Purpose of the job: To work as a key person and as part of the pre-school team under the direction of the manager. To provide safe, high quality education and care for young children which meets the individual needs of children attending the setting.

Main duties

• To assist with the planning of the curriculum using the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum for guidance.
• To help to set up daily activities and to help tidy away at the end of the session.
• To act as a key person to a small group of children, liaising closely and building an effective relationship with parents/carers and ensuring each child's needs are recognised and met.
• Work in partnership with parents/carers and other family members.
• To advise the Nursery Manager of any concerns e.g. over children, parents or the safety of equipment, preserving confidentiality as necessary.
• To teach children, offering an appropriate level of support and stimulating play experiences.
• To ensure that children are kept safe and that you understand when to follow child protection procedures.
• To support meal times within the setting.
• To actively participate at team meetings, supervisor meetings and appraisal meetings.
• To attend training courses as required and to take responsibility for your development.
• To keep completely confidential any information regarding the children, their families or other staff, which is acquired as part of the job.
• To be aware of and adhere to all the setting’s operational policies and procedures, e.g. health and safety, fire precautions, dropping off and collection of children, food safety, cleanliness of the setting etc.
• To ensure that adequate records are kept and updated regularly.
• To promote the nursery to current parents and potential customers.
• To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed by the Nursery Manager, in accordance with the setting’s business plan/objectives.

This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties and the post holder will be required to undertake any other reasonable duties discussed and directed by the line manager.