Nursery Practitioner - Level 3

The Finchley Day Nursery & Pre-School N2 9BU 

Early Years Practitioner Level 3

Salary From - £29,120 Per Annum  depeding on hours 

40 hours a week - you choose 4 days 36 hours or the usual 5 days 40 hours (we want to be flexiable and have patterns that works around you) 

The Finchley Day Nursery & Pre School are looking to appoint a Early Years Practitioner  Level 3 this role will be for our Meerkat's 3months-2 years and Pre-school 3 -5 Years  . Our nursery was formally a Baptist church and has been carefully restored and refurbished to create a safe, warm, and welcoming environment in which children can grow and develop through our child-centred approach and focused learning. We offer quality care and education for children in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum.

The nursery is located on Hertford Road in East Finchley, close to East Finchley underground station, which is less than a 10-minute walk to the nursery, with good transport links from and into central London. There is a bus stop is also conveniently located and street parking is available. We are open 8.00am-18.00pm and require our staff to work varied shift patterns between our opening and closing times.

As a Nursery Practitioner, you will:

• Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments, and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development.
• Understand and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS are met.
• Ensure the highest levels of cleanliness and hygiene in the nursery and promote these daily in every routine.
• Undertake any other duties to ensure the smooth running of the nursery, and the safety and wellbeing of children, staff, and families.
• Maintain strictly professional relationships and report any complaints or concerns to management in accordance with company policy and procedures.
• Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent.
• Attend regular team meetings to ensure that you remain updated on key priorities, changes, developments and regularly review company policies and procedures.

*Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

As a Nursery Practitioner, you will need:

• Full and relevant Level 3 childcare qualification - essential
• Fluent in written and spoken English - essential
• Knowledge of the Statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements - desirable

We’re a family by name, and we’re a family by nature too. We are defined in many different ways, by many different people. Different cultures. Different ideas. Different ages, genders and skillsets. Whilst every individual will have their own definition of family, these definitions all come together to show Family First for who we are.

We are: Defined by Family

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 Finchley Day Nursery & Pre School 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.

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Family First benefits

• 50% childcare 
• progress in your career with opputinities in doing level 2,3,4 and 5 in childcare.
• Holidays -32 days including bank holidays.
• Annual leave increase with length of service.
• Refer a friend bonus up to £500 depending on qulification and hours.
• Birthday off.
• monthly allowance for staff treats