Purpose of the post

• To work under the direction of the Management team.
• To ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety is promoted
• To support the aims and objectives of the nursery and assist the management team in the organisation of a high-quality establishment for children from birth to five years
• To provide high standards of care and early learning – to include the monitoring and review of provision, this includes providing a safe, caring environment to enable the personal, emotional, social and educational development of children, through individual attention and group activities
• To support the team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn and develop
• To support staff and creating a culture of teamwork
• To ensure all children in the nursery have all the same life chances, are able to meet their own potential and have equality of opportunities in their learning, development and care
• To give support to other team members throughout the nursery to support children’s additional needs and to support the nursery management team with all aspects of supporting children

Responsible to

Nursery Manager

Deputy Manager

Early Years Practitioner

Main duties

• To promote the aims and objectives of the nursery
• To promote the high standards of the nursery at all times to parents, staff and visitors
• To ensure the provision of high standards of physical, personal, social and emotional care
• To be part in a team of professional workers and to ensure good practice at all times
• To follow the nursery safeguarding procedure to ensure all children are kept safe, well and secure and ensure all team members are able to do the same
• To assist with the preparation and maintenance of materials and equipment
• To be responsible for the health and safety standards appropriate for the needs of young children and ensuring staff compliance and awareness
• To ensure high standards of hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times
• To ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children regardless of any disabilities, family backgrounds or medical history
• To ensure confidentiality of all information received and shared
• To fully support the induction of new team members
• Liaise with parents, other family members and staff to help ensure that the particular needs of children are met and that parental choice is considered in terms of care given
• To liaise with outside agencies as required
• To be involved in the occasional out of working hours activities, e.g. training, planning meetings, monthly staff meetings, parents evening, fundraising events etc.

What we are offering:

• Up to £19760k per annum, full time, permanent position (nursery opening times are 07:45-17:45)
• Performance + additional Ofsted Outstanding bonus
• Up to 32 days holiday a year, including bank holidays (up to 8 days are pre-determined by nursery closure over Christmas)
• Funding and paid time off for EYTT/EY Degrees/Forest School/Leadership training
• 5 days full sick pay, 2 days leave for dependents leave and 5 days compassionate leave
• Training including 2 inset days per year
• 10% childcare discount