Early Years Professional

Happy Days Nurseries Limited; St. Clement; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mental health support

Annual leave

Christmas days off

Pension

Life assurance

Additional benefits (~£5k)

Job summary

Happy Days Nurseries Limited seeks qualified Early Years professionals to join our nursery team in Truro. You will play a key role in children’s early development, delivering high-quality education in a child-centred environment and supporting families to provide the best start in life.

As an Early Years Educator, you will work closely with children, families and colleagues to deliver learning experiences in line with the EYFS, while promoting wellbeing, safeguarding and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Hold a recognised Early Years qualification.
• Strong understanding of child development and the EYFS framework.
• Commitment to delivering outstanding outcomes for children.
• Ability to build positive relationships with children, families and colleagues.
• Professional, reflective and proactive approach to practice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality early education and care in line with EYFS.
• Plan and facilitate engaging learning experiences for individual development.
• Observe, assess and document children's progress.
• Build strong professional relationships with families and colleagues.
• Promote wellbeing, safeguarding and inclusion at all times.
• Contribute to a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.

Skills

EYFS knowledge

Observation & assessment

Partnership with families

Safeguarding

Inclusion

Education

Early Years qualification

Job description

About Happy Days

HappyDays is growing, and we're lookingfor qualified EarlyYears professionals tojoin our nurseryteam in Truro.

We're looking for an Early YearsEducator / Early ChildhoodProfessional to playa key roleinchildren's early development.

This is anopportunity to workin a high-quality, child-centred environmentwhile benefiting fromclear career progression, continuous professionaldevelopment and supportto achieve yourlong-term careergoals.

The Role

As an EarlyYears professional, you'llplay a keyrole in creating inspiring learningexperiences, championingchildren's developmentand working inpartnership with familiesto provide thevery best startinlife.

You’ll work closelywith children, families, colleagues and externalpartners to deliverhigh-quality earlyeducation and carein line with the EYFS framework, while promoting children'swellbeing, safeguardingand inclusion.

This role alsoprovides opportunities to develop specialistexpertise in a reasuch as SEND,safeguarding, early languagedevelopment, outdoor learning, behaviour and wellbeing, and coaching, trainingandquality improvement.

What You'll BeDoing

• Deliver high-quality early education and care in line with the EYFS framework
• Plan and facilitate engaging learning experiences that support children's individual development
• Observe, assess and document children's progress and achievements
• Build strong, professionalrelationships with families, colleagues and externalpartners
• Promote children's wellbeing,safeguarding and inclusionat all times
• Contribute to aculture of excellence, continuous improvementandprofessional practice

There are alsoopportunities to developspecialist expertise inareas such as:

• Special Educational Needsand Disabilities (SEND)
• Safeguarding
• Early LanguageDevelopment
• Outdoor Learning
• Behaviour and Wellbeing
• Coaching, Training andQuality Improvement

What We're LookingFor

We're looking forsomeone who hasa genuine interestin Early Yearseducation and iscommitted to deliveringoutstanding outcomes forchildren.

You’ll:

• Hold a recognisedEarly Years qualification
• Have a strongunderstanding of childdevelopment and theEYFS framework
• Be committed todelivering outstandingoutcomes for children
• Have theability to buildpositive relationshipswith children, familiesand colleagues
• Take aprofessional, reflectiveand proactive approachto practice
• Have a genuineinterest in EarlyYears education

What We Offer:

We're proud tooffer a supportiveand collaborative workingenvironment where peoplecan develop andthrive.

Flexible Working

Please talk us out about flexibleworking options.

Learning and Development

• Ongoing professional developmentand funded trainingopportunities
• Mentoring andcoaching from experiencedEarly Years leaders
• Support to gainhigher-level qualificationsand specialist skills
• A collaborative andsupportive team environment
• Recognition and rewardfor exceptional practice

Health and Wellbeing

• Mental health andwellbeing support
• Generous annual leavefrom day one
• Extra daysoff for Christmasand personal day
• People's Pension
• Life assurance
• Additional benefits worthapproximately circa £5k

Inclusion and Safeguarding

Happy Days iscommitted to creatingan inclusive workplacewhere everyone feelsvalued and respected. If you needany reasonable adjustmentsduringthe recruitment process, please let usknow.

Happy Days Nurseriesis committed tosafeguarding children.All offers ofemployment are subjectto appropriate pre-employment checks, includingverification of yourright to workin the UK.