Early Years Practitioner - Daycare

St Pauls Nursery School & Children's Centre; Bristol; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Induction & support

Strong values and ethos

CPD opportunities

Wellbeing support

Job summary

St Pauls Nursery School & Children's Centre in Bristol is seeking a Full Time Permanent Early Years Practitioner to join a warm, inclusive team caring for 2–3 year olds. You will support children’s development in a nurturing setting and participate in a range of learning activities.

We offer a supportive induction, CPD opportunities, strong values, and a collaborative environment that encourages leadership and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Love young children and find them joyful.
• Love getting stuck in and enjoy a challenge.
• Be loving, warm, friendly, invitational and inclusive.
• Enjoy leading on activities and following your interests.
• Be willing to get out and about.
• Enjoy responsibility, having fun and thinking about possibilities.

Skills

Love young children

Get stuck in

Warm and inclusive

Lead on activities

Follow interests

Out and about

Take responsibility

Job description

Making a difference to young lives:

Do you want to work with children at the start of their journey, as they separate from parents and become independent learners? We are in the privileged position in Nursery to make a difference to the lives of very young children.

Help us to make sure they have a great start in life!

Our nursery is a happy, loving and vibrant place. We have a great reputation and work right across the SW region helping to inspire outstanding practice as the lead for Bristol & Beyond Stronger Practice Hub - so we have plenty of professional development opportunities for our brilliant team!

Available job opportunities:

• A Full Time Permanent Early Years Practitioner

BG8

All year round

To work with our children aged 2-3 years

We are looking for practitioners who:

• Love young children, and find them interesting and joyful
• Love getting struck in, and like a challenge
• Are loving, warm, friendly, invitational and inclusive
• Like the opportunity to try things out, lead on things, follow your interests
• Want to get out and about
• Enjoy responsibility, having fun and thinking about possibilities

In return we can offer:

• A brilliant hardworking, fun, loving and highly experienced team, who will provide you with a great induction and ongoing support
• Strong principles and values that underpin all we do, which put children’s interests at the heart of all we do
• Supportive and challenging CPD opportunities, supervision, mentoring and coaching
• A warm and inclusive environment with a focus on individual’s emotional well-being and work life support
• Opportunities to learn, grow and lead
• An exciting and diverse community and excellent partnership working

St Pauls particularly encourages applications from suitably qualified Black and Minority Ethnic candidates and those who speak community languages, although all applications are warmly welcomed and will be considered on their merits.

Safeguarding and Child Protection is central to our work and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure