Family First Nurseries
Nursery Practitioner - Level 3

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Nursery Practitioner - Level 3
Hours: 40 hours per week
Salary: £29,577.60 per annum
Nestled within a stunning Georgian country house, Ellingham House Day Nursery offers children a unique learning environment with 2.5 acres of gardens, woodland and paddocks to explore. With endless opportunities for outdoor adventures and nature-inspired learning, every day is filled with discovery, creativity and fun.
Join our nursery adventure! We're seeking an enthusiastic Level 3 Nursery Practitioner who loves nurturing young minds, sparking imaginations, and celebrating every milestone along the way.
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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- 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, reviewed regularly 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 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.
Ellingham House Day 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.
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