Nursery Practitioner Level 2

Purpose of post:

• To provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for all children in the nursery.
• To ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety is promoted.
• To give support to other team members throughout the nursery.
• To work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn and develop.

Key areas:

• Work with and support children.
• Work as part of a team.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with parents.

Responsible to: Nursery Manager/Team Leader

Duties and responsibilities:

• Operate a programme of activities that meet the individual needs and interests of children in your area in conjunction with other team members.
• To keep records of your key children’s development and learning journeys and share this with parents, carers and other key adults in the child’s life.
• To follow the nursery safeguarding procedure to ensure all children are kept safe, well and secure.
• Support all staff and engage in a good staff team.
• Liaise with and support parents and other family members.
• To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, parent evening, fundraising events etc.
• To be flexible within working practices of the nursery.
• Be prepared to help where needed, including to undertake certain domestic jobs within the nursery, e.g. preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment etc.
• Work alongside the Manager and staff team to ensure that the nursery’s philosophy is fulfilled.
• Read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role as deemed appropriate by the Manager.
• Recording accidents in the accident book. Ensure the Duty Manager has initialled the report before parents receive it.
• Look upon the nursery as a “whole” where your help can be most utilised.
• Be constantly aware of the individual needs of all children.
• Ensure someone known and agreed by the nursery and parent collects the child.
• To respect the confidentiality of all information received.

Specific childcare tasks:

• The preparation and completion of activities to suit each individual child's stage of development and interests.
• To develop your role within the team especially with regard as a key person.
• To ensure that meal times are a time of pleasant social sharing.
• Washing and changing children as required.
• To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times.
• Ensuring a poorly child is kept calm and warm and management is notified immediately.
• To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communications with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs.
• 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 be aware of the high profile of the nursery and to uphold its standards at all times, both within work hours and outside.

Benefits:

• Off Street Parking.
• £100 Bonus 3 monthly for 100% attendance.
• Separate staff area for time out.