Nursery Practitioner

Nursery Practitioner

Salary: £18,080.40 - £23,712.00 per annum, depending on experience

Hours: Full Time, 38 Hours

Location: New Balderton, Newark, NG24 3AH

Benefits for a Nursery Practitioner:

·Employee assistance programme including counselling

·Bike to work scheme

·On going CPD Programme

·Bank holidays off

·Company pension

·Company social events

Are you ready to join a Nursery who is as passionate about its staff as it is about the children we care for?

We are looking for someone who can provide loving care to our amazing children at Serendipitys. Children at Serendipitys always come first BUT we also look after you because to our children you are Superhero’s and YOU deserve to feel like a hero as well.

Role/Responsibilities/Duties of a Nursery Practitioner:

·Provide high standards of quality within the nursery including the environment, resources and experiences offered to children.

·Observe, support and extend children’s learning.

·Plan appropriately for children using the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum for guidance.

·Maintain accurate and effective child records.

·Work in partnership with parents/carers and other family members.

·Demonstrate good practice with regards to special needs and inclusion.

·Ensure that children are kept safe and when necessary follow safeguarding procedures.

·Ensure that the nutritional needs of the children are met, and the Food Safety Regulations are complied with.

·Work with area SENCOs, EYFS advisors, health professionals and local Sure Start programmes as appropriate.

·Comply with statutory framework for the EYFS and relevant legislation including the Children’s Act 1989 and 2004.

·Learn about current developments in childcare and education policy and practice.

·By a Key Person carrying out all related responsibilities in building relationships with a small group of children and their families.

Essential Criteria of a Nursery Practitioner:

·Level 3 Childcare qualification

·An understanding of and commitment to equal opportunities

·An understanding of health and safety in the workplace

·A willingness to undertake further relevant training.

·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 offences.

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.