Senior Early Years Practitioner

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
Wiltshire
Salary
Competitive
Posted
12 Jul 2021
Closes
09 Aug 2021
Sectors
Sport & Leisure
Contract Type
Contract
Hours
Full Time
Boscombe Down, Wiltshire
Circa GBP21,041 per annum
Full-Time 40 hours per week. 9 months Fixed Term

A place for children to find their feet

The Role:

We are looking for a confident and experienced childcare professional to join our nursery.

It goes without saying that you love being around children and will have the ambition to make a direct and positive impact on their young lives.

What do we do at Spring Boscombe Down?

We offer places for children from 2 months to 5 years. An exciting environment where children learn through play both inside and outdoors. Our nurturing environment ensures babies and children thrive in our setting, making friends, developing confidence and new skills and feeling able to try out new challenges with the support of the staff team.

You will make a difference by:

-Correctly supervise the children and keep our active, flexible nursery environment safe and suited to their needs.

-Give them a huge range of stimulating, safe and well-planned activities.

-Create engaging, fun and informative learning opportunities, helping the children make excellent progress and meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

-Build solid relationships with parents / carers, families and professionals involved with the children.

-Meet each of the children's individual needs, keeping accurate records and regularly communicating with parents / carers.

-Have a positive attitude, making everyday count for the children in our care.

You will need:

-A Level 3 or a Level 2 Early Years and Childcare qualification e.g. NNEB, CACHE, NVQ Level 3 in Childcare and Education or equivalent.

-Experience of working in an early years childcare setting or with children aged 0-5.

-Full understanding of children's emotional, physical, psychological and educational developmental needs from 0 to 5 years.

The way we work

We are proud to be part of Action for Children, a national children's charity and our success in Spring makes a difference. With over 150 years of experience in caring for children and young people, award winning Spring Nurseries developed its brand approach in 2016 to be modern, high quality and unmatched in terms of knowledge and learning opportunities for children under five years. Supporting children to learn, have fun and make friends in the brightest, engaging settings across England, Scotland and Wales.

Making the difference

We believe all children deserve the best early start in life. It is our mission to be the best provider of outstanding quality early education to children throughout the UK, that is accessible to all.
We are a new, fresh network of nurseries created to provide an alternative option for parents and families, seeking high quality early education and childcare, at an affordable price - and we dare to be different.

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

Spring Nurseries is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce

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