Level 3 Qualified Nursery Practitioner

To commence in September 2025, 40 hours per week.

Are you an experienced Nursery Practitioner looking for the next step in your career? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you! Here at Elmwood Nursery, we are seeking a Qualified Nursery Practitioner to provide quality day care services and assist in the implementation of the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. You’ll promote a stimulating environment of play, encouraging and supporting the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development of the children.

You’ll establish and maintain a good relationship with parents, acknowledging them as the primary carers and maintain objective, accurate and up-to-date records that identify the children’s individual needs, abilities and progress, and use these factors for future planning.

As our Nursery Practitioner, we’d like you to have at least 3 years previous experience of working in a Nursery or Pre-school setting as a qualified practitioner, hold a NNEB, NVQ 3 in Childcare and Education and can demonstrate that you have experience of caring for children from 3 months to 5 years of age in a group setting.

With knowledge of the social, emotional, cognitive and physical needs and development of children from 3 months to 5 years, you’ll have awareness of and respect for the needs of the individual, including multi-cultural awareness. You’ll hold a Level 2 in Numeracy and Literacy, have good communication skills, able to work as part of a team with the ability to work flexibly in order to attend meetings/activities that may be outside of normal working hours.

The successful candidate will be eligible for any increase in salary as a consequence of the annual cost of living review that will be implemented in the new academic year. Closing date for the return of a complete online application form is 14th May 2025.

The benefits package includes generous annual leave of 27 days plus up to 8 additional days over Christmas/New Year as well as an additional 5 days Wellbeing leave to enhance employees’ physical and mental health. There is an excellent pension scheme that receives a significant financial contribution from the employer (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pension Scheme), subsidised sports facilities and professional development and training plus a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme.

As outlined in the Public Sector Equality Duty of the Equality Act 2010, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

As part of our due diligence checks on prospective employees, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

The South Thames Colleges Group is made up of Carshalton College, Kingston College, Merton College and South Thames College, which merged on 1 August 2017. South Thames Colleges Group is one of London’s largest providers of post-16 education and training and is an ongoing and significant contributor to its local communities. We aim to put students’ success at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for hard-working and collaborative people who can join our team and help challenge our students to progress and achieve.

When you click on 'Apply', you will be forwarded to the application page which sits on a platform hosted by an external partner called Blue Octopus who support STCG throughout the recruitment process.