Bambini Childcare
Nursery Practitioner
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Nursery Practitioner
We are seeking a dedicated and passionate Nursery Practitioner to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in early childhood education and experience working with children in a nursery setting. As a Nursery Practitioner, you will play a vital role in providing high-quality care and education for young children, fostering their development and ensuring a safe, nurturing environment.
The position is Monday to Friday Term Time Only working within the three-year provision.
Job Description
To be successful in this role, you must:
- Have a warm, smiling face that makes every child feel valued.
- Be able to laugh at jokes you don't understand.
- Provide comfort and warmth to a poorly child.
- If a child requests that you be a captain of a pirate ship, you will be the best pirate captain you can be!
- Have a willingness to sing. The ability to sing in tune is not necessary, however, the ability to sing out of tune in front of a crowd is essential. As is dancing to all types of music!
- Ability to write legibly and good written presentation skills.
- Knowledge of how children grow, change, and learn from birth to five.
- Possess the skills required to rapidly count the heads of numerous moving small people is of the utmost importance.
- Be able to realistically drink numerous cups of pretend tea.
- Make written observations and plan next steps for individuals and groups of children’s learning and development.
- Provide great physical, emotional, social, and intellectual care.
- Have the ability to read a ten-page fairy tale, upside down, with at least four interruptions per page.
- Be prepared to have lots of fun in the workplace. Laughter is something you can expect to engage in for a large part of your working day.
- Be prepared to feel loved, special, and important to many young children and their families. There is simply no other job quite like this one.
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Bambini Childcare Offer
- Develop your career through our online course provider. You are able to complete as many courses as you want to, to develop professionally and see the positive impact this has on the children in your care’s learning.
- Term Time only working.
- Providing a fun, inspirational, loving environment for you to thrive in.
- Discounted childcare.
- Employee of the month scheme.
- Paid day off for your birthday each year.
- Company events.
- Health and Well-being programme.
- Employee assistance programme.
- Opportunity to progress in areas of expertise of your choice with paid for training and professional development.
- Paid staff events and team bonding.
- Casual dress days.
Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. Therefore, it is essential in making your application you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs, or cautions and, if so, for which offenses. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are 'spent' under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over, or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.
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Requirements
- A qualification in Early Childhood Education or equivalent is essential.
- Previous experience working with children in a nursery or childcare setting is highly desirable.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage groups of children effectively.
- Excellent communication skills in English to engage with children, parents, and colleagues.
- A genuine passion for working with young children and supporting their development.
- Ability to drive initiatives that enhance the learning experience within the nursery setting.
- A commitment to maintaining high standards of care and education at all times.
If you are enthusiastic about nurturing young minds and making a positive impact on their early years, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding position as a Nursery Practitioner.
Interview date TBC
Expected hours: 32-35 hours per week working between 8 am-6 pm.
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