Nursery Practitioner Level 3-4

Little Hands Daycare Group Ltd; Stourbridge; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Additional leave

Childcare

Company events

Company pension

Discounted food

Employee discount

Mentoring programme

Free parking

Health & wellbeing programme

Referral programme

Transport links

Job summary

Little Hands Daycare is seeking a motivated Early Years Educator to join our well-established team in an Outstanding nursery group. We offer a family-friendly environment, opportunities to enhance professional practice, and a supportive management team.

You will contribute to delivering high-quality early years experiences, collaborate with colleagues, and build strong partnerships with parents to help children reach their full potential.

Qualifications

• Deliver high-quality early years care and education.
• Collaborate with team to support children's development.
• Maintain confidentiality and safeguarding records.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework in partnership with the team.
• Keep and share development records and milestones with parents.
• Safeguard children and report concerns using appropriate protocols.
• Build strong partnerships with parents to support children's needs.
• Support colleagues and participate in CPD and training activities.

Job description

Are you a talented Early Years Educator looking to make your next career move to an 'Outstanding' nursery group? At Little Hands Daycare, we have a range of different employment opportunities to give the perfect home-life balance, and scope to enhance your knowledge and skills even further as an early years professional.

Join our well-established team of early years professionals who have a wealth of experience to share. Our aim as an ambitious Company is to continually recruit early years professionals who are passionate about providing children with the very best early years experiences. Ultimately, we are looking for early years professionals who want to make a positive impact on children's learning and development, to enable all children to reach their full potential.

Our nurseries have a real family-feel, and we aspire for our entire team to feel part of the Little Hands 'family'. If you feel you are a like-minded individual who could truly benefit our teams, we would love to hear from you.

Why work for Little Hands Daycare?

'Since working for Little Hands Daycare I have had so many opportunities to develop my professional practice. Just like the children, I feel I am treated as an individual, which helps me to access the training and support that is right for me.' -Staff testimonial (2022)

We have several employee benefits, which include:

• Competitive salaries
• Incentive and bonus schemes
• Performance-based pay
• Additional annual leave for service
• Annual pay-reviews
• An enhanced in-house training programme
• Strong, existing, links with external agencies
• An exceptional reputation in the local community
• An experienced and supportive management team
• Pension scheme
• Free uniform
• 'Professional partner' induction scheme
• Regular opportunities to network with other outstanding-rated nurseries

Purpose of the role:

• To provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children within the nursery environment
• To give support to staff members within the setting
• To work as part of a team to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, develop and learn
• To build and maintain strong partnerships working with parents to enable children’s needs to be met

Main duties:

• To effectively deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage, in conjunction with other team members, ensuring that the individual needs and interests of children in the setting are met
• To keep records of key children’s development and learning journeys; share celebratory milestones with parents, carers and other key adults in the child’s life to support extended learning at home
• Support all staff closely and engage in a strong staff team that values teamwork and learning from one another
• To effectively safeguard children, report any concerns and monitor any potential risks by using early intervention methods
• To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communication with parents to facilitate day-to-day caring and developmental needs
• To ensure the environment of the high-quality provision meets the needs of all individual children, having an awareness of any disabilities, cultural differences and medical histories
• To advise the setting’s management team of any concerns (e.g. over children, parents, the safety of the environment) maintaining confidentiality as necessary and making ongoing accurate records
• To be involved in out of working hours’ activities, e.g. staff training, meetings, events and other CPD opportunities
• To be flexible within working practices of the setting and undertaking other responsible duties where needed, such as domestic tasks and the preparation of children’s snacks
• Little Hands Day Care aims to provide a safe and secure environment in which all children can thrive and develop and where all aspects of their welfare will be safeguarded. The Company will take every step to minimise the situations in which abuse of children might occur.

Safeguarding commitment

• Little Hands Daycare has a commitment of safeguarding all children, staff and families. All successful candidates will undergo an enhanced DBS check prior to commencing employment with the Company.

Benefits

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Childcare
• Company events
• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Employee mentoring programme
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Referral programme
• Transport links