Do you know 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' by heart? Can you create a terrific tuff tray?
If so, we'd love to hear from you! We are looking for a full-time (45 hours pw) Level 3 qualified practitioner at our lovely homely setting called Cedars Day Nursery & Pre-School in Aldermaston.
Purpose of the role
It is the Nursery Practitioner’s duty to participate in the daily supervision of the room in accordance with the requirement of company policies, and other relevant legislation; and all local authority and OFSTED requirements. The Nursery Practitioner’s role is to provide a stimulating, safe and caring environment for all children, promoting equality and diversity at all times.
Main duties and responsibilities
- To ensure the care and education of children is carried out to the highest standards possible.
- To ensure that all paperwork is completed and monitored within the room effectively. Ensure that daily paperwork such as written observations, planning, learning journeys are relevant, linked to the EYFS and kept up to date on a weekly basis.
- Ensure parent/family partnerships are maintained. Communicate clearly and effectively with parents/carers sharing relevant information and ensuring quality handovers. Ensure that you show an approachable, inviting and positive demeanour towards all who enter a room.
- To liaise with colleagues, advising them of any information that is to be relayed to parents when the child is collected or dropped off at nursery. It is paramount that information shared to other colleagues is on a need to know basis, respecting confidentiality. You should maintain regular communication with colleagues and other key people in the nursery.
- Ensuring confidentiality of information in and out of the setting.
- Ensure working practice is to a high standard.
- If you are the child’s key worker, ensure the relevant paperwork is in place (registration forms, settling in documents) prior to a new child starting at the setting.
- To safeguard children and monitor and respond to their well-being.
- Be able to log a concern to the correct person and follow safeguarding procedures.
- Arrive ten minutes prior to starting your shift.
- Able to work flexibly in different rooms and settings as required to ensure the effective operation of the Nursery.
- Be able to work collaboratively within the Nursery team.
- Attend all out of hours’ activities: staff meetings, training, parent’s evenings and nursery events.
- To undertake some domestic jobs within the nursery
- Maintaining the presentation of your rooms needs to a high standard at all times coinciding with the EYFS seven areas of learning. Remembering your presentation is exemplary and correct uniform must be worn always.
- Ensure that practice embraces equality of opportunity. The policy at all times is to ensure that everyone is treated as individuals with respect and full consideration. Ensure that the requirements of children with additional needs are fully supported via appropriate programmes, and to work with the relevant outside agencies/professionals to support the child’s needs.
- To assist in the provision of high quality environments to meet the needs of individual children from differing cultures and religious backgrounds and their respective stages of development. Teaching the children to respect and look after their environment
- To promote British values within your working practice.
Complete Childcare is committed to providing the best possible care to its children and safeguarding and promoting welfare of young children and is also committed to providing a supportive working environment for all its members of staff. Complete Childcare recognises that, to achieve these aims, it is fundamental to attract, recruit and retain staff who share this commitment.
Where an offer of employment is made following the formal interview, any such offer will be conditional on the following:
- A DBS check
- A declaration form completed
- 2 satisfactory references, one from the most recent employer
- A right to work in the UK check
Complete Childcare is a group of 16 nurseries based in Wokingham, Bracknell, Reading, Aldermaston, Newbury and Banbury. We pride ourselves on our family friendly features, and our fees are all inclusive, covering not only items such as nappies and milk, but also all meals and great activities such as Boogie Mites, outdoor learning and French lessons.