Family First Nurseries
Nursery Practitioner - Level 3
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Brimpton House Nursery
Job Role: Nursery Practitioner - Level 3
Hours: 27 hours per week
Salary: £19,066 per annum
Location:
Brimpton House Day Nursery is situated on the High Street of Kelvedon, close to local shops and houses with many of our parents commuting into London, Colchester, and Chelmsford. Nearby Kelvedon Train Station is just a 10-minute walk to the nursery. Free parking is available on the front street of the nursery.
Why Join Us?
At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Referral programme: Refer a friend and earn up to £750
- Employee Childcare Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team members
- Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays
- Health and Wellbeing Programme: Confidential employee assistance helpline available
- Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
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Responsibilities
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.
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Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes, and other duties relevant to this post may be added.
Requirements
As a Nursery Practitioner, you will need:
- Full and relevant Level 2 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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Safeguarding
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.
Equality and Diversity
The Brimpton House Day Nursery and Preschool 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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