Nursery Practitioner - Temporary Role

The Sheffield College; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A local educational institution in Sheffield is seeking a Nursery Practitioner to provide a high standard of care for children. The ideal candidate will ensure safety, promote development, and work collaboratively in a supportive team. This temporary role offers a salary of £24,935 per year along with generous benefits including a pension scheme and annual leave.

Benefits

Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with NEST - 3%

Annual leave - 30 Days + 8 Bank Holidays

Health and wellbeing programs

Free Parking available at campuses

Qualifications

• Experience with children of various ages.
• Understanding of Early Years Foundation Stage requirements.
• Ability to support children with special educational needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality care and education for children.
• Ensure safety and adherence to health policies.
• Create a stimulating environment for learning.

Skills

Childcare Management

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Education

Paediatric First Aid Qualification

Job description

About Us

The Sheffield College is a further and higher education institution dedicated to providing academic, vocational, and professional qualifications to approximately 13,000 young people and adults annually. Our mission is to transform lives through learning, advocating for inclusivity and diversity at every stage.

About The Role

As a Nursery Practitioner you will provide a nursery facility within The Sheffield College providing a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children placed in the setting. You will be required to work as part of a team to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, develop and learn. You will contribute to a high-quality caring environment for children. This includes creating a warm, friendly and stimulating atmosphere in which the children can develop emotionally, socially and educationally through individual attention and group activities.

This is a temporary absence cover role, an end date will be discussed at interview.

Main Responsibilities

• To ensure the ethos, implementation and legal requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage is embed within practice. Working alongside the manager and staff team to ensure that the settings philosophy is fulfilled.
• To take an interest in the children and their families, to always treat them as individuals and with respect. Ensuring the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures and medical histories.
• To advise manager/deputy of any concerns, e.g. over children, parents, the safety of the environment, preserving confidentiality as necessary.
• To provide support for any children with special educational needs and liaise with senior members of staff to promote their welfare and development as well as supporting all co-ordinators e.g., Senco and equal opportunities in their duties.
• To always ensure Children and adults safety, adhering to the health and safety policies and procedures. This includes but is not limited to; Risk assessments, supervise the children arriving/leaving the Nursery; and visually checking equipment and resources.
• gain experience of undertaking and maintaining records as required by Ofsted Registration legislations; these include but are not limited to; development records, observations, accident, incident and risk assessment records as appropriate
• undertake a Paediatric First Aid qualification and once qualified undertake duties within the Nursery approved code of practice.
• Ensure that all relevant work activities underpin the Colleges commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults; Any concerns about a child/young person are acted on promptly, clearly recorded, referred to the nursery DSL or DSD.
• working with trainees and students on placements in the College Nursery, as appropriate, by assisting, supporting and providing appropriate feedback to the Senior Nursery Worker.
• To record and report incidents in relation to allegations/Whilst blowing on staff members who have breach the Child Protection and safeguarding policies and Legislations.
  
  

What we can offer you

As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary £24,935 per annum.

Our benefits

• Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with NEST - 3%
• Annual leave -30 Days(222hours)+8 Bank Holidays(59.2 hours)-this includesa discretionary Christmas closure period
• Health and wellbeing, we offer
• Employee assistance programme through Bupa
• Occupational Health through PAM
• Free eye tests for VDU users
• Free Parking is available at the majority of our campuses
  

Further information can be found on ourBenefitsandCareer Developmentpages.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident employer and are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee. Please review ourRecruitment Guidelines for Disabled Candidates which provides further information on reasonable adjustments and how the Disability Confident scheme works in practice.If you require any reasonable adjustments or any support at any point throughout the process, please contact us.

Armed Forces Covenant

As part of our commitment through the Armed Forces Covenant, were pledged to support the Armed Forces Community. Recognising the value Personnel, Veterans and military families contribute to our community and country.

Safeguarding

We are an employer who is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to safer recruiting procedures. Further details on our safer recruiting procedures, including the employment of ex-offenders can be found here Safeguarding

Next Steps

To apply:Please follow this link -https://jobs.sheffcol.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=8317802c4A&LANG=USA&VACANCY_ID=5792523EcQ

As a Leader in Diversity employer, we encourage applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.

Closing date: 3rd August 2025

Please be aware If we have a high number of applications, we may decide to close the vacancy earlier.

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