Nursery Practitioners (Childcare Level 2/3) in Croxton

Buckden Day Nursery is looking for Nursery Practitioners with the following skills, experience and drive to succeed in this role.

Hours: Part Time or Full Time hours will be considered (starting from 2 full days per week up to 4 full days per week).

Salary: £13.74 per hour

Buckden Day Nursery is curiosity approach accredited and full of natural heuristic resources. The nursery building consists of small intimate rooms allowing free flow between different dedicated spaces for the children and staff. The nursery is set in a beautiful village, allowing for regular local walks and embedding ourselves into the community. The team enjoys spending time outside in large spacious gardens, allotment areas, mud kitchens, and sunken sandpits.

Over the coming months, preschool children will start forest school at the local school grounds, and within our garden, we are opening a woodwork station for hands-on learning and risk-taking in a safe environment.

We have a well-established team that feels like a family, with a mixture of ages and up to 20 years of service. When joining the team, you will be part of a support network that values your ideas, opinions, and ambitions, with a thorough induction process, buddy system, and opportunities for continuous development and learning.

Requirements - Nursery Practitioner main duties and responsibilities:

• Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments, and resources to children, appropriate to their age and stage of development.
• Understand and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS are met.
• Ensure the highest levels of cleanliness and hygiene in the nursery and promote these daily in every routine.
• Undertake any other duties to ensure the smooth running of the nursery, and the safety and wellbeing of children, staff, and families.
• Maintain strictly professional relationships and report any complaints or concerns to management in accordance with company policy and procedures.
• Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent.
• Attend regular team meetings to remain updated on key priorities, changes, developments, and regularly review company policies and procedures.

Requirements and skills:

• Full and relevant Level 3 childcare qualification – essential
• Fluent in written and spoken English - essential
• Over 1 year's experience of working in Early Years - desirable
• Knowledge of the Statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements - desirable

Benefits - Why Join Us?

• Annual leave: 24 days' holiday, plus bank holidays and an extra paid day off for your birthday
• Childcare discount: 75% off nursery fees for team members
• Wellbeing support: Access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme helpline
• Learning and development: Tailored training and development opportunities to support your career growth
• Pension: Company pension scheme
• Employee discounts: Access to Perkaboo employee discounts
• Mentoring: Employee mentoring programme
• Health and wellbeing: Dedicated health and wellbeing support
• Refer a Friend scheme: Earn up to £750 through our referral programme

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

Buckden Nursery is part of the Family First Group, where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs.