Nursery Practitioner / Nursery Nurse

Banana Moon Billericayare recruiting for a minimum of level 3 qualified and experienced full‑time and part‑time nursery practitioners.

There is simply no other job quite like this one. If the below sounds like you, you have a qualification in Early Years and are a passionate nursery practitioner we would love to hear from you!

Key day‑to‑day tasks

• Planning of curriculum with room colleagues as per Early Years Foundation Stage
• Planning of early years foundation stage training
• Ensuring you provide a warm and caring atmosphere for the children
• Working as part of a team with shared responsibilities

Available full‑time and part‑time schedules

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime
• Weekend availability

Nursery Practitioner responsibilities

• Safeguarding the children, including caring for them and supervising them at all times.
• Liaise with and form strong partnerships with parents, including taking part in development progress review meetings and providing daily feedback to parents and carers.
• Take on key worker responsibilities including observing and planning for children\’s needs, providing exciting and stimulating activities based on the next steps for children.
• Tracking children\’s progress with our unique Parent App.
• Adhering to the nursery policies and procedures at all times.

Benefits

• Bupa Employee Assistance. We all have times in our life when we need a little extra support which is why we’re working with Bupa to bring all of our employees a free, 24‑hour confidential helpline service.
• A unique Early Learning and Development program for our children
• Less paperwork is involved, meaning that you can spend more time with the children
• Use of tablets that are linked to our bespoke \’Parent App\’, giving instant messages to and from parents about their child\’s day and development
• State of the art technology, including a biometric entry system, an interactive screen for our pre‑school children as well as our Parent App and tablets
• Excellent rates of pay (based on experience and qualification)
• Great holiday entitlement
• Further on the job training
• Great career prospects
• You will be provided with a free DBS check and uniform if offered the job
• If you feel that you are looking for a challenge, or simply want to further your experience with the possibility of promotion and working your way up in a company, this is where you should apply!