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Hopscotch Day Nurseries

Senior Early Year Practitioner

Southampton
£29.8k/yr
Posted about 23 hours ago
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Are you an Early Years Practitioner / Nursery Practitioner / Early Years Educator / Nursery Nurse? Many different titles, but they all mean you do one important job of caring and educating the next generation!

Exciting opportunity to further your career and step on to your first management role.

Our beautiful setting in Portswood is looking for a Senior Nursery Practitioner to support the room leader in our Preschool room to inspire a passionate childcare team, supporting the children's learning and Development. If you want to support the important role in educating the next generation......join our Hopscotch family today!

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  • Assist Room Leader and colleagues with planning activities appropriate for the age group, following all supporting guidelines as laid out in the EYFS.
  • Assist in the care, maintenance and cleaning of all toys and equipment within the nursery, recording and reporting any maintenance or safety issues/irregularities.
  • Be a responsible, reliable and effective member of staff working flexibly as part of the team.
  • Communicate clearly and efficiently with parents/guardians in regard to their child’s development encouraging active participation and interest in their child’s continual development and progress.
  • Provide an appealing, creative and stimulating room and environment.
  • Ensure all company forms and procedures are filled out correctly.
  • Be familiar with and work within all company policies and procedures and report any breach in procedure.

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  • Full Time Role, Monday- Friday
  • Starting Salary - £29,848.00

Portswood staff receive an additional £0.30/hour location weighting (this is included in salary above; subject to terms)

Qualifications

A minimum of a Level 3 or higher Early Years Qualification is required. All successful candidates will be subject to safer recruitment checks, including a full-completed Application Form and a DBS Checks.

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Skills

Childcare
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
Team Leadership
Activity Planning
Communication
Safety Compliance
Record Keeping
Classroom Management

Location

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

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