Nursery Nurse - East Dulwich

Job Title: Nursery Nurse

About Us

Little Jungle nursery is an established OUTSTANDING nursery, based in East Dulwich. We are expanding from July 2015 and looking for passionate and dedicated educators to join our team at all levels.

Our curriculum is based primarily on our children's enquiries. So we do a lot of listening and we encourage children to explore the world and test out their own theories through play and the use of artistic media such as clay, paint, and model making amongst others. In doing so, we help the children to develop skills and knowledge across all areas of learning, making sure that children reach their full potential with us.

This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone looking to grow their knowledge and experience within an expanding business, as we provide ongoing training, as well as a supportive and friendly environment.

Job Description

As Early Years Educator you will be responsible for providing the best possible standards of care and education, as well as ensuring the environment is safe and secure, where the children are valued as individuals through a loving and child-centred approach.

Duties will include:

• Adhering to the Policies and Procedures of Little Jungle Nursery
• Compliance with the Health and Safety legislation
• Maintaining confidentiality at all times
• Caring for and supervising the children, ensuring their physical, emotional and intellectual needs are met at all times
• Regular record-keeping of development and observations
• Termly completion of children's development reports and tracking of their progress
• Developing strong working relationships with parents and communicating about children's development on a daily basis, communicating progress to them regularly and negotiating working targets
• Working with Team Leader on planning and preparation of group emergent curriculum
• Ensuring effective communication within the nursery
• Offering all children equal opportunities with regard to their religious persuasion, racial origins, gender, disabilities, cultural or linguistic background; in particular, challenge situations where racism or discrimination is displayed.
• Positive management of children's behaviour
• Preparation, care, cleanliness and maintenance of the playrooms and equipment
• Being a good role model for students and helping new staff to fit into the nursery
• Keeping accident, incident and health and safety records accurate and up to date
• Supervision of meals and mealtimes and where appropriate preparation of milk bottles.
• Laundry duties.
• Attendance of staff meetings/room meetings as arranged by the Nursery Manager/Team leader
• Participating in regular parents' evenings, publicity, open days and children's outings
• Any other duties appropriate to the post as directed by the Deputy Manager, Nursery Manager or Director.

Personal Specification:

• Essential:
  • Minimum NVQ Level 2 in Child Care and Education or equivalent
  • Experience of working with 10 months to 5 year old children

• Natural passion for working with children and developing them
• Working knowledge of health and safety
• Good knowledge of EYFS
• Working Knowledge and understanding of equal opportunities
• Good and professional communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to liaise with and develop good relationships with parents
• Neat and professional appearance
• Good literacy and computer literacy skills
• Self-motivated and able to use initiative
• Willingness to undertake training as necessary
• Ability to handle situations calmly
• Desirable:
• First Aid
• Food Hygiene Level 2