Nursery Nurse

Nurse Seekers Ltd; Borough of Swale; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A quality nursery in the Borough of Swale is looking for a Level 3 Qualified Nursery Practitioner. The successful candidate will provide effective play and learning opportunities, act as a key person for children, and ensure their safety and wellbeing. This role offers a competitive salary and additional benefits, including career progression opportunities to become a Room Leader next year. Applicants should be committed to professional development and maintaining positive relationships with parents and staff.

Benefits

Career progression opportunities

Competitive salary

In-house training

Responsibilities

• Provide effective play and learning opportunities for children.
• Act as a key person for allocated children to meet their individual needs.
• Plan activities based on observations and parent information.
• Ensure children’s safety and welfare through safeguarding procedures.
• Maintain accurate assessment records of children’s development.
• Promote wellbeing, health, and safety among children.
• Build positive relationships with staff, parents, and professionals.
• Support children causing concern with targeted plans.
• Attend setting meetings and engage in performance appraisals.
• Identify and fulfill own continuing professional development needs.

Job description

Nursery Nurse

Zero2Five are proud to be working on behalf of an quality nursery who are looking to employ a Level 3 Qualified Nursery Practitioner for their setting based near Sittingbourne, Kent. This nursery offers a warm and friendly environment set in a large converted house to keep that homely feel. With spacious age appropriate rooms over 2 floors to enable children to develop, learn and have fun, along with a recently renovated large garden for all ages to enjoy, complete with a climbing frame, large sand pit and mole hill.

Key Responsibilities

• To role model and provide effective play and learning opportunities for children in your care, including setting up and maintaining challenging learning environments across the setting.
• To act as a key person for an allocated group of children-ensuring care and planning of experiences meet their individual needs, interests and next steps of development.
• Use setting observations and information from parents to plan across all areas of learning for the differing needs of children in your key group and to enable their individual potential to be realised.
• To be alert to issues of safeguarding and child protection, ensuring that the welfare and safety of children attending the setting is promoted and to follow safeguarding procedures as detailed in the settings policy and as directed by the local safeguarding team.
• To keep accurate assessment records of your key children’s level of development in line with the settings procedures.
• Be vigilant in maintaining children’s wellbeing, health and safety promoting good practice within the setting and report any concerns to the setting manager/deputy manager.
• To build and maintain effective communication and positive relationships with other staff, parents, families and relevant professionals, whilst respecting appropriate confidentiality.
• Work with settings SENCO to support children causing concern and lead on the planning and monitoring of your key children’s targeted plans.
• To attend all setting meetings, including regular supervision meetings and annual appraisals with the setting manager/Deputy Manager. Be active and committed in meeting the setting and personal targets and aspirations.
• To be active in identifying and fulfilling your own CPD needs, including a commitment to attending both in house and external training and cascading information with the wider team.
• To work with the company’s policies and procedures.
• To work in accordance with the company’s Equality and Diversity policy.

The successful candidate can look forward to a competitive salary with additional benefits such as —house training with career progression opportunities. The exciting position has the view to become a Room Leader in September next year!