Early Years Practitioner

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, LLC.; Wimbledon; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Childcare discount

Enhanced parental leave

Pension and wellbeing

Career development

Job summary

Bright Horizons Wimbledon Day Nursery and Preschool is seeking an Early Years Practitioner to join the Wimbledon Nursery in the Baby Room, delivering planned activities that support each child’s development and ensuring a warm, safe learning environment.

You will collaborate with a dedicated team, uphold HEART values, and engage with families to support high-quality care. A Level 2/3 EYFS qualification is required, along with strong teamwork and safeguarding commitments.

Qualifications

• Full and relevant Level 2/3 or above Early Years qualification
• Passion for creating fun and inclusive learning environments
• Strong understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
• Strong knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and child protection
• Ability to develop trust and strong working partnerships with both colleagues and parents/ carers

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver engaging activities tailored to each child to support milestones.
• Create a safe, nurturing environment that allows children to express themselves and develop a love of learning.

Skills

EYFS knowledge

Safeguarding

Parent communication

Teamwork

Education

Level 2/3 Early Years qualification

Job description

Nursery – Bright Horizons Wimbledon Day Nursery and Preschool

Salary – Starting from £31,158.40 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience)

Location – Wimbledon, London

Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.”

We’re looking for an Early Years Practitioner to join our Wimbledon Nursery in the Baby Room, situated only 8 minutes walk from Wimbledon Station and south Wimbledon Tube Station.

We are also fortunate to be right next to Merton Park Tram stop.

Other Transport links include 3 bus routes which are the 152 to New Malden. 163 from Wimbledon to Morden and lastely the 164 which travels from Wimbledon to Sutton Station, right outside our nursery.

There are other routes from Wimbledon that include excellent transport links to Surbiton and Kingston using the 53, 131 and also Putney which has its own 93 bus route from North Cheam to Putney.

There are more routes servicing, Tooting, Mitcham, Balham, Clapham, Streatham and Richmond.

We do also have a car park for those employees wanting to drive.

Our Bright Horizons Wimbledon Nursery offers a children's kitchen, dedicated ICT room, and four large, individual outdoor learning areas for the children to explore!

• Childcare discount of 50% for first child*
• Enhanced parental leave 20 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure. Ability to also purchase additional leave*
• Pension Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more
• Professional development programme access for every stage of your career, including access to a careers coach *Subject to T&Cs

The Role As an Early Years Practitioner, you will plan, create, implement and reflect on engaging activities, tailored to each of your key children, to encourage their development towards key milestones.

You will create a safe environment that allows children the freedom to express themselves, engage their minds, and help to foster a lifelong love of learning.

What we’re looking for

• Full and relevant Level 2/3 or above Early Years qualification
• Passion for creating fun and inclusive learning environments
• Strong understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
• Strong knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and child protection
• Ability to develop trust and strong working partnerships with both colleagues and parents/ carers

Bright Horizons is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children andyoung people.

This post is subject to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, which will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply.

We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants.

Proud to be a Great Place to Work for 20 years.

At Bright Horizons, our culture is built on our commitment to Keeping Everyone Safe and providing world-class care and education, delivered by a world-class workforce.

We believe our people’s potential is endless and with this in mind, we aspire to create an environment where our colleagues can thrive and accomplish the things they thought impossible.

Bright Horizons has been recognised as a Great Place to Work by our employees and the Great Place to Work Institute for the last 13 years.

We care passionately about what we do, and our HEART values and principles help us not only to support each other in the work that we do each day.

These are quite literally at the HEART of our organisation’s ethos and culture as it helps us to provide a working environment that supports professionalism, growth and diversity.

We are passionate about our people’s ongoing learning and development.

Our learning and leading with HEART framework supports each Bright Horizons colleague on the first steps of their leadership journey, whether that includes our 'World-Class Welcome' induction or our extensive ongoing training programme.

Either way we want you to feel valued and invested in!

Celebrating in the accomplishments of our people is an essential part of our culture.

We believe in the power of “thank you” and throughout the year, in ways big and small, formal and informal, we show our appreciation for employees at all levels.

We have many ways to acknowledge and celebrate our people, including our very popular “employee appreciation month”.

This is a chance for everyone to share your gratitude to one another, across the whole company.

Whether it is a “thank you” placed on our website, a chocolate pizza, team lunch or an ice cream van visit, it is our way of showing each others we care.

Each year, we have our annual 'Awards of Excellence' events; whether you are an award winner or cheering on a fellow team member, these formal award occasions are opportunities to

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