Nursery Practitioner - LITTLE DETAILS DAY CARE NURSERY LTD

London, London SE10 0RF

About the Job

Role: Nursery Practitioner

Location: Greenwich, London – SE10 ORF

Salary: £18,000 - £21,000 p.a. + great benefits

Little Details Day Care Nursery is a new setting opening soon in Greenwich, providing high quality care and education. Our ethos is the curiosity approach with lots of open ended resources and in the moment planning.

We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated staff to join our family and we are happy to announce we have an exciting new open role for a Nursery Practitioner.

About the Nursery Practitioner role goals:

To provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for all children in the nursery
To ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety is promoted
To give support to other team members throughout the nursery
To work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn and develop.

Key areas

Work with and support children
Work as part of a team
Build and maintain strong partnerships with parents.

Nursery Practitioner requirements:

Previous experience
Have a good understanding of EYFS
Level 2 or 3 in childcare or equivalent (salary will be dependent on education and experience)

Our Successful Candidate will be responsible to:

Nursery Manager/Team Leader

Nursery Practitioner duties and responsibilities

Operate a programme of activities that meet the individual needs and interests of children in your area in conjunction with other team members
To keep records of your key children’s development and learning journeys and share this with parents, carers and other key adults in the child’s life
To follow the nursery safeguarding procedure to ensure all children are kept safe, well and secure
Support all staff and engage in a good staff team
Liaise with and support parents and other family members
To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, parent evening, fundraising events etc.
To be flexible within working practices of the nursery. Be prepared to help where needed, including to undertake certain domestic jobs within the nursery, e.g. preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment etc.
Work alongside the Manager and staff team to ensure that the nursery’s philosophy is fulfilled
Read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role as deemed appropriate by the Manager
Recording accidents in the accident book. Ensure the Duty Manager has initialled the report before parents receives it
Look upon the nursery, as a “whole” where can your help be most utilised? Be constantly aware of the individual needs of all children
Ensure someone known and agreed by the nursery and parent collects the child
To respect the confidentiality of all information received.

Nursery Practitioner specific childcare tasks

The preparation and completion of activities to suit each individual child's stage of development and interests
To develop your role within the team especially with regard as a key person
To ensure that meal times are a time of pleasant social sharing
Washing and changing children as required
To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times
Ensuring a poorly child is kept calm and warm and management is notified immediately
To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communications with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs
To ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children regardless of any disabilities, family backgrounds or medical history
To be aware of the high profile of the nursery and to uphold its standards at all times, both within work hours and outside

In return, we offer you:

Competitive salary
Continuous Training, with three inset days during working hours.
Time in lieu for over time for evening or weekends
Free meal
20 Days annual leave and after 2 years of service extra day annual leave per year.

**To be considered for the role of Nursery Practitioner please submit your CV today via the APPLY button below**

Salary

£18,000.00 - £21,000.00 per year
+ great benefits

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About this company

LITTLE DETAILS DAY CARE NURSERY LTD

ittle details philosophy ensures your children are nurtured, cared for and inspired; so whilst we take care of that you can happily get on with your day. Our learning environment and resources, our curiosity approach to learning can be seen all around our nursery. WHY LITTLE DETAIL NURSERY Little details philosophy ensures your children are nurtured, cared for and inspired; so whilst we take care of that you can happily get on with your day. Our learning environment and resources, our curiosity approach to learning can be seen all around our nursery. We have designed our fresh and homely nurseries to ensure each child can experience inspiring educational activities indoors and outdoors in all weather while getting that home from home experience. Our Little Explorers rooms are cosy and warm whilst our Little Artist and Little Detectives rooms are packed with educational resources and equipment. Each of our rooms has exciting opportunities for children to explore, have fun and learn in a safe and secure environment.