Nursery Practitioner

eTeach UK Limited; Stratford-upon-Avon; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Cash Plan

Bonuses

Uniform

Company Pension

Flexible Working

Subsidised Childcare

Birthday Holiday

Long-service holiday entitlements

Company events

Wellbeing and mental health first aid

Job summary

Bright Kids in the West Midlands seeks a Level 3 Early Years professional for a permanent role at our Stratford setting. Join a welcoming, home‑like environment and help children learn through play, creativity and discovery.

We offer comprehensive training, health and wellbeing benefits, flexible hours, a 51‑week rota, and additional perks including subsidised childcare, bonuses and a pension. DBS checks required and a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Level 3 (or above) in Early Years; newly qualified candidates welcome.
• Passion for child development and creativity.
• Team player with commitment to supporting the whole team.
• Ability to develop engaging activities for children.

Responsibilities

• Deliver stimulating activities and learning experiences for children.
• Support children's wellbeing and development in a home‑like setting.
• Contribute to a positive, collaborative team environment.

Skills

Team player

Creativity

Enthusiasm

Passion for learning

Education

Level 3 Early Years

Job description

Ready to further your Childcare career? Are you the person our settings are seeking?

Bright Kids was established in 1999 and since has been delivering high quality childcare by promoting learning through stimulating, creative play activities.

Due to our continuing growth we are currently in search of motivated, happy, enthusiastic individuals who can bring passion, creativity, laughter and learning into our authentic homely environments across the West Midlands to support our wonderful little Einstein’s.

We are seeking candidates who are Level 3 (or above!) qualified in Early Years (newly qualified applicants are welcome) on a permanent basis for our setting in Lower Quinton, Stratford.

Why work for us

• Training, training and more training (seriously that is not meant to sound like lots of extra work but we really do care about your future career and therefore offer comprehensive learning and development plans and readily available access to a range of training courses).
• We care about you and your wellbeing! At Bright Kids, you are not just a number but an individual who is to be celebrated and that’s why we offer an excellent health cash plan to support your physical, mental and financial health such as gym discounts, access to counselling and advice lines a GP doctorline plus discounts on major high street brands with the shopping reward system. And the wellbeing doesn’t stop there! We also have wellbeing champions at all our sites to support our staff, signpost to more professional help and be a listening ear, as well as keeping us stocked up on healthy snacks and informing us on company wellbeing activities. We also have 2 trained mental health first aiders for that little extra support if needed.
• Flexible working. Yes we have to be open 51 weeks of the year and offer childcare services from 7.30am to 6pm Monday to Friday but we do appreciate the need for flexible hours. Therefore we are always open to flexible working arrangements where possible – just ask us!
• Quarterly Team Target awards. The passion and enthusiasm shown by our teams are what keeps us growing and the more children we get to care for, the more rewards our team gets! These rewards include team meals out, shopping vouchers and extra holidays! Woohoo.
• Plus all the usual extras like holidays, pensions, bonuses, uniform (see the ‘nitty gritty’).

We are an established company and have been providing childcare services for over 26 years. As such we are pretty good at what we do and our sister training company MBK Early Years was born out of this expertise and knowledge, providing training and consultancy externally across the sector. This means our staff have access to high quality, up to date training from the basics required such as Paediatric First Aid to training that will broaden your knowledge such as Building Self-Regulation in Early Years and Delivering Awe and Wonder – Building Curiosity.

The perfect Candidate will tick all the boxes below

• Be level 3 qualified (or above) in Early Years – newly qualified candidates are welcome.
• Have a passion for the development of children.
• Be a team player with a commitment to supporting the whole team.
• Have a great sense of creativity to develop an excellent range of activities for our children.
• Be prepared to go home at the end of the day covered in green paint as you have just made the biggest and best alien ever!
• Be prepared to have lots of fun and laugh all day long as well as having a masters degree in hugs.
• And go home with jaw ache every day from smiling too much.

The Nitty Gritty

While our positions are ideally full-time on a rotating shift pattern between 7.30am-6.00pm Monday to Friday, we are happy to discuss part time and flexible working pattern options.

Salary: Up to £27,300 per annum (subject to age, experience and qualification held and includes attendance bonus scheme).

Subsidised Childcare up to 50% off fees *The subsidised childcare offers 50% off childcare fees for fee paying staff members until funded hours are provided. At this point the discount becomes 25% off any remaining nursery fees after the funded hours are deducted. First month nursery fees are free of charge (please note if a successful probationary period is not completed, this monthly fee will be owed to the nursery)*.

Benefits: Health Cash Plan, Bonuses, Uniform, Company Pension, Flexible Working, Subsidised Childcare, Additional Birthday Holiday after 1 year, Long-service holiday entitlements available, Company events, Access to wellbeing and mental health first aiders, Comprehensive learning and development plans, training courses, Quarterly team target awards including team meals, shopping vouchers, additional holidays and team treats.

Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check prior to commencement.