Early Years Nursery Practitioner (Band 3) in Devon

Be part of our future landscape. At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale.

This is an exciting time to join us as we are preparing for a brand new purpose built Day Nursery which will remain on site. An enthusiastic, caring, highly motivated childcare practitioner is required to join our busy nursery team. The successful candidate must hold a Level 3 qualification in Early Childhood Studies and have previous post qualifying experience of working with children aged 0 – 60 months within a day nursery setting. A good understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage is essential. The post is for a full time Early Years Practitioner. The hours required are 37.5 per week working different shift patterns to meet the needs of the service.

Main duties of the job:

• To care for children in accordance with their individual physical, social and psychological needs.
• To work within NHS, Early Years Foundation Stage and Ofsted’s national, regional and local guidelines relating to Day Nursery Provision.
• To take every reasonable opportunity to maintain existing expertise and develop new skills as appropriate.

Working for our organisation has many benefits including:

• Generous holiday entitlement
• Access to Employee Health and Wellbeing services
• Team events including days out and colleague recognition

Person specification:

• Qualifications: CACHE Level 3 Early Childhood Studies or equivalent, Basic Food Hygiene, Current Paediatric First Aid Certificate, Safeguarding or any other relevant training applicable to Early Years.
• Experience: Previous post qualifying experience of working with children 0 – 4 years in a day nursery setting, Supervising students, Ofsted inspections, Safeguarding.
• Skills: Good literacy and numeracy required, a high level of communication skills, an ability to work effectively with colleagues and parent/carers, ability to deliver non-discriminatory, age appropriate learning experiences, meeting each child’s individual needs, the skill to provide developmentally appropriate activities, experiences and displays both indoors.