Qualified Nursery Practitioner

Qualified Nursery Practitioner

Sandfield is a large purpose built day nursery situated in the grounds of the John Radcliffe Hospital to care for the children of the Trust employees and local community.  The nursery has rooms for each individual age group with a specialist baby unit and spacious gardens that provide an excellent outdoor environment. 

The nursery is growing and we are now in the process of recruiting passionate and dedicated Qualified Nursery Practitioners (NVQ Level 3) to join our growing team at Sandfield Day Nursery in Headington, Oxford to support the nursery. These full time permanent position working 37.5 hours per week.

As a Qualified Nursery Practitioner you must have a NVQ Level 3 in Childcare or equivalent for this role

At the Childbase Partnership, we are one of only 108 UK companies rated ‘Extraordinary and Best’ for looking after employees*. 

We aim to recruit outstanding child professionals and will reward the successful Qualified NurseryPractitioner with:

- Excellent pay, benefits and reward packages

- Free uniform

- The opportunity to own part of the Company that you work for through our share ownership scheme

- Tailored career development and mentoring schemes

- Every employee is a partner with a say in how the business is run

- Opportunities to network across our 47 nurseries and Childbase ‘Once in lifetime opportunities’ including world-wide travel, in pursuit of personal and professional growth

- Childbase Partnership is 25 years old this year (2014) and has been employee-owned since 2000 making every employee a Partner in the business. Working under the banner “We all contribute, We all benefit”, profits are shared and with an easy ‘Save and Buy Share Scheme’  - offering a ‘Buy one, get one Free’ incentive – Partners are eligible for even greater benefits

- Award-winning internal staff training programmes and external professional development programmes leading to NVQ, Diplomas, Degrees and Post Graduate qualifications

- Research, development and skill sharing initiatives with, for example, the European Life Long Learning Programme, ensure we remain at the cutting edge of sector development and our pursuit of excellence is continuous

Childbase is an equal opportunities employer who is committed to promoting the welfare and safety of our children.  All successful applications will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS/ CRB check.

If this Qualified Nursery Practitioner position sounds of interest to you, please apply.

The nursery has its own free car park, has cycle storage and is a short walk away from the main bus routes and Headington town. Sandfield is commutable from many towns and villages including:  Witney, Wantage, Abingdon, Didcot, Wallingford, Wheatley, Thame, Headington, Oakley, Great Milton and Littlemore.