Early Years Professional

Happy Days Nurseries Limited; Swindon; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Ongoing professional development

Mentoring and coaching

Generous annual leave

People's Pension

Life assurance

Additional benefits worth circa £5k

Job summary

Happy Days Nurseries Limited in Swindon is seeking qualified Early Years professionals to join our nursery team. You’ll play a key role in children's early development, delivering high-quality education in line with the EYFS framework and collaborating with families and partners.

We offer flexible working options, extensive professional development, mentoring, and a supportive team environment. Enjoy generous leave, pension, life assurance, and other benefits as part of your career with Happy

Qualifications

• Hold a recognised Early Years qualification.
• Strong understanding of child development and the EYFS framework.
• Be committed to delivering outstanding outcomes for children.
• Have the ability to build positive relationships with children, families and colleagues.
• Take a professional, reflective and proactive approach to practice.
• Have a genuine interest in Early Years education.

Responsibilities

• 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, professional relationships with families, colleagues and external partners.
• Promote children's wellbeing, safeguarding and inclusion at all times.
• Contribute to a culture of excellence, continuous improvement and professional practice.

Skills

Early Years qualification

Child development knowledge

Relationship building

Reflective practice

Genuine interest

Education

Recognised Early Years qualification

Job description

About Happy Days

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

We're looking an Early YearsEducator / Early ChildhoodProfessional to playa key rolein children'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 creatinginspiring 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 withthe EYFS framework, while promoting children'swellbeing, safeguardingand inclusion.

This role alsoprovides opportunitiesto develop specialistexpertise in areassuch 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 Looking For

We're looking forsomeone who hasa genuine interestin Early Years education and iscommitted to deliveringoutstanding outcomes for children.

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 to us about flexible working 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 is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.

Happy Days Nurseries is committed to safeguarding children. All offers of employment are subject to appropriate pre-employment checks, including verification of your right to work in the UK.