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Family First Nurseries

Nursery Practitioner - Level 3

Colchester
£28k/yr
Posted about 2 months ago
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Looking for a Level 3 role where you’ll feel valued, supported, and part of a fantastic team? Join us at Tiptree Day Nursery & Pre-School where we have recently increased our salaries to reflect the importance of our early years professionals.

Nursery Practitioner

Salary - £28,038.40 per annum

Monday to Friday - 40 hours per week

Our Tiptree Day Nursery is located at 22 Grove Road, in the village of Tiptree, which is part of the Colchester district in Essex, England and is situated in a residential area, offering a safe and serene environment for children. The nursery has great commuter links via public transport to Colchester Town Center, Witham, Maldon and surrounding areas.

Why Join Us?

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

  • Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays
  • Employee Childcare Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team members’s
  • Health and Wellbeing Programme: Confidential employee assistance helpline available
  • Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
  • Referral programme: Refer a friend and earn up to £750

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As a Nursery Practitioner, you will:

  • Ensure that each child’s individual needs are met and a high standard of professional care and education is delivered in a caring, safe and secure environment in which all children can play, learn and develop.
  • Observe, assess and plan an interesting, stimulating and challenging range of early years activities which supports each child’s individual learning and development needs and abilities.
  • Engage as a professional member of the team, exhibiting a flexible attitude and willingness to develop new skills
  • Ensure that company policies and procedures are read, applied, regularly reviewed and adhered to by all
  • Follow risk assessments diligently and report all health and safety matters to management.
  • Enhance the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development

Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

As a Nursery Practitioner, you will need:

  • 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

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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.

The Tiptree Day Nursery & Pre-school 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.

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Skills

Childcare
Early years education
Safeguarding
Health and safety
Risk assessment
Child development
EYFS framework
Professional care
Teamwork
Communication

Location

Colchester, England, United Kingdom

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