Qualified Nursery Practitioner

We are looking for a passionate Level 2 Early Years Practitioner to join the team at our The Bourne End Day Nursery & Pre School.

• Furlong Road, Bourne End, SL8 5AE
  
• Salary – £27,206.40  per annum 
  
• 40 hours per week
  
• Level 2 Childcare Qualification is essential 
  

The Bourne End Day Nursery & Pre School is a charming and welcoming setting located in the heart of Bourne End. Housed in a beautifully converted Methodist Church, spread across two floors, it is just a 6 minute walk from Bourne End Train Station with convenient street parking available, making it easily accessible for commuters. Our nursery offers a variety of extra curricular activities, including French lessons, and features a spacious outdoors area with a mud kitchen, providing children with ample of opportunities to learn and explore in a hands-on, engaging environment. 

Why Join Us?

At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Referral Programme: Refer a friend and earn up-to £750
  
• Employee Childcare Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team members’s
  
• Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays 
  
• Health and Wellbeing: Confidential employee assistance helpline available 
  
• Career Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
  
• Transport Links: 6 minute walk from Bourne End Train Station
  

As a Nursery Practitioner, you will:

• Ensure that each child’s individual needs are met and a high standard of professional care and education is delivered in a caring, safe and secure environment in which all children can play, learn and develop.
  
• Observe, assess and plan an interesting, stimulating and challenging range of early years activities which supports each child’s individual learning and development needs and abilities.
  
• Engage as a professional member of the team, exhibiting a flexible attitude and willingness to develop new skills
  
• Ensure that company policies and procedures are read, applied, regularly reviewed and adhered to by all
  
• Follow risk assessments diligently and report all health and safety matters to management.
  
• Enhance the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development
  

As a Nursery Practitioner, you will need:

• Full and relevant Level 2 childcare qualification - essential
  
• Fluent in written and spoken English - essential
  
• Over 1 year’s experience of working in Early Years - desirable
  
• Knowledge of the Statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements - desirable
  

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

The Bourne End Day Nursery and Preschool is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.