Childcare Practitioner, Lunch Cover Oasis Nursery, Wisbech

Cambridge County Council; Wisbech; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading council as a lunch cover practitioner at Oasis Nursery, where you'll support children's well-being during lunch breaks. This part-time role requires enthusiasm, flexibility, and a commitment to safeguarding. Enjoy a supportive work environment with opportunities for training and development.

Benefits

Wellbeing package

Flexible bank holidays

Paid volunteering hours

Access to development opportunities

Employee Recognition Awards

Discounts via Cambs Rewards

Qualifications

• Willingness to undertake training, including Child Protection and Paediatric First Aid.
• Ability to work closely with a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision and support to children during lunch.
• Ensure compliance with Early Years Foundation Stage requirements.
• Offer engaging experiences appropriate to children's development.

Skills

Enthusiasm

Flexibility

Commitment

Job description

The role is 10 hours per week, 11.30am to 1.30pm, Monday to Friday, term time only, 38 weeks per year, fixed term to March 2026.

There may be other opportunities for additional hours to cover holidays or staff absence at short notice (where possible for the successful candidate to do so).

Are you who we are looking for to join our team of childcare professionals at Oasis Nursery, Oasis Community Centre, Wisbech? We are looking for a practitioner who can provide lunch cover in our setting.

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Laura Hunt on [e-mail] or Susan Sykes on [e-mail]

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage...

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

What will you be doing?

You'll play a key role in supporting our nursery team, stepping in to provide cover while our staff enjoy their well-deserved lunch break. As lunch cover, you will ensure children are supervised and attended to at all times, especially when they are eating their lunch, helping them to become more independent.

You will ensure that children's well-being and safety is always at the forefront. You will be an important member of the team, ensuring that the nursery is compliant with the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Requirements and Cambridgeshire County Council policies and procedures. You will offer engaging and purposeful experiences that are appropriate to the children's age and stage of development.

About you

We are seeking an enthusiastic and committed individual who will work closely with the rest of the team and give children the best experiences while they are in the nursery. You will have a flexible approach to adapt to the dynamic needs of the nursery. You will be willing to undertake necessary training, including Child Protection and Paediatric First Aid.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities.If you don't meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don't be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers