Nursery Practiioner in Amersham

A fantastic private day nursery is looking for an experienced nursery practitioner to join their fun-loving team in Amersham. ASAP Start. Salary - £18,500-£22,500.

As a qualified nursery practitioner, you will have to care for and develop children in your care, ensuring high quality experiences. Your responsibilities are not limited to but include:

• To care for and stimulate through purposeful play and interactions the children in your care, building excellent relationships with them and promoting their development.
• To provide a safe, happy, stimulating environment for all children, treating each child as a unique individual.
• To ensure the smooth running of the daily practices, ensuring you adhere to all expected practices and that all policies are followed, including ensuring paperwork is completed to a good standard.
• To contribute to good observation and assessment of, and planning for, all children in the room, especially your key children.
• To have an understanding and demonstrate practical knowledge of the Childcare Standards and the Framework for Early Years Foundation Stage.
• To act as a Named Coordinator relevant to skills or training as designated by the Nursery Manager.
• Supporting the Room Leader and assisting with the planning of activities in a designated area of the nursery.
• To attend and participate in staff meetings, sharing best practice and training advice when requested.
• To attend and participate in training days, including up to two per year on a Saturday.
• To follow all Safeguarding & Welfare practices and requirements.
• To report any Safeguarding issues immediately to the Room Leader or senior member of staff. This includes sharing concerns about other staff members.
• To ensure that only designated staff administer medication as recorded in the risk assessments and as displayed in the Policies and Procedures file.
• To ensure records are kept of, and to monitor, all accidents, incidents and risk assessment records.
• To promote equal opportunities for all children and staff with regard to their religious persuasion, racial origins, gender, disabilities, cultural or linguistic background; in particular, challenging situations where racism or discrimination are displayed. Report all incidents to the Nursery Manager or named Inclusion Officer.
• Preparation, care, cleanliness and maintenance of the playrooms and equipment, including laundry duties.
• Supervision of meals and mealtimes and, where appropriate, preparation of baby's bottles.
• To undertake any other duties appropriate to the post as directed by the Nursery Manager, Deputy Nursery Manager or Room Leader.

You will report to: The Room Leader.

As a qualified nursery practitioner, you must have:

• A Level 2 or above Childcare Qualification
• Current First Aid Certificate (for young children/adults)
• Current Safeguarding Children Certificate or willing to obtain.

We are looking for someone who has experience in the following:

• Caring for babies/young children ensuring good, appropriate behaviour and offering high quality provision, care and delivering high standards of learning and development.
• Developing good working parental relationships.
• Implementing core policies, such as Safeguarding, Equality and Health and Safety.
• Observing children and planning for their needs.
• Developing babies and young children, intellectually, socially, physically and emotionally.

Benefits package includes:

• Performance bonus
• Annual salary review
• Free uniform
• Free DBS check
• Staff wellness programme
• 20 Days holiday + 8 Bank Holidays
• Continuous professional development
• Career progression opportunities
• Increasing holiday after two years' service up to 25 days
• Annual Christmas break (1 week)
• Company pension
• Discounted childcare
• Discounted food