Senior Early Years Practitioner

If you are offered a Senior role, you will receive a £500 recruitment bonus after successfully completing your 3 month probation period. If you are offered an EYP role, you will receive £300.

We are looking for an inspirational Level 3 qualified Senior Early Years Practitioner to join our Mulberry Bear Nursery at The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes. We also have roles available at some of our nurseries, please enquire. The Mulberry Bear nursery is found within the Open University campus (4 miles from Central Milton Keynes). The children make full use of the fantastic parks and open spaces in the area. The vast open spaces are used for forest school activities as well as learning about nature.

Acorn at Mulberry Bear is a 52 place day nursery in Milton Keynes, which offers full and part-time care for children aged four months to four years, and is open 7:30am until 6.00pm, Monday to Friday, all year round.

We’re proud to be one of the leading childcare providers in Milton Keynes, Northampton and Bedford with over 30 years’ experience who specialise in nature pedagogy and promoting the professional development of our employees. We believe that childcare needs a personal touch, and our nurseries and out-of-school clubs offer flexibility and individuality with a homely feel. As a not-for-profit organisation, we place our children’s well-being at the heart of our work.

We very much welcome candidates that are looking to progress their personal career development due to future opportunities in the pipeline within the location of MK.

The ideal candidate will be passionate, motivated and enthusiastic about outdoor learning and creative play, as well as a good working knowledge and practice of the EYFS and safeguarding procedures.

Apply today or get in touch with our HR team for an information chat on: 01908 510309 or email: hr@acornearlyyears.org.uk

Successful applicants must be able to provide ‘right to work in the UK’ documentation, provide two satisfactory references and undertake an enhanced DBS check prior commencing employment.

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Working at Acorn

As a thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to making Acorn a safe, nurturing and fun place for our children to be, we offer:

• Payscales that are competitive, transparent and reviewed annually
• 65% childcare discount
• Generous family leave
• Christmas closure 
• 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays (and the option to buy more) 
• 4 dedicated training days and individual development plans 
• Enhanced pension scheme 
• Cyclescheme 
• Techscheme 
• Length of Service awards 
• Summer and Christmas parties
• Pay advances for when times are tough
• Employee assistance wellbeing programme