Nursery Practitioner - Level 3

Job Title: Level 3 Nursery Practitioner

Salary: £25,376 per annum

Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent (40 hrs) but willing to consider less hours/ part time for the right candidate

Location: 1-5 Chapel Road, Southampton SO30 3FE

Play Away Day Nursery West End has the opportunity for a Level 3 Qualified staff member to join their team on their journey to delivering the highest quality childcare to its children and families.

About us:

Our Nursery consists of three detached buildings; each carefully adapted to suit the developmental stages of the children within them. The rooms are spacious with large feature windows, flooding the rooms in natural light. The nursery buildings are set within a half-acre site with each room having their own garden space, Vegetable patch, playground equipment, dens and hidey holes, and back onto 40 acres of Hatch Grange Nature Reserve. The children are taken on trips to the local community such as the park and the library which enables the children to develop a sense of belonging to our local community.                                                       

At Play Away our goal is to encourage independence across all areas of learning and development, and we instil our philosophy of ‘Nurture, Care, Inspire’ in everything we do

Reviews of the nursery:

• "Both my children (aged 22 months and 4 years) are currently attending Play Away and are flourishing in the caring, educational environment.The staff are fantastic, and I know my children are well cared for and happy going in. They are always cheerful at the end of the day and report back on how much fun they have had".                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
• "The food is varied and enjoyed by my children, and allergies are treated with care; they eat better at the nursery than they do at home!".
• "Communication with key workers is good, and I am kept updated regularly with activities they take part in. Staff have been great in helping with milestones such as walking, talking, potty training and preparing for school".
• "Overall, a fantastic nursery".

Play Away Day Nurseries, part of the Family First Nursery Group, offers the highest quality childcare for children aged 3 months to 5 years. Based in Southampton, we want to ensure that our family first spirit and curriculum positively impacts as many families as possible. Always putting our families first, the safety and wellbeing of all our children, staff and parents is our number one priority.Our nursery is open from 7.30am - 18:00pm and we would require you to be able to work varied shift patterns between those times.

Visit our website Play Away Day Nurseries | Southampton, Totton & West End for further information about our nursery!!

Nursery Practitioner main duties and responsibilities*:

• 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.

Requirements and skills:

• Full and relevant Level 2/3 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.

Play Away Day Nursery West End 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 include annual leave starting at 24 days on top of a paid birthday day off and bank holidays. On top of this we have discounted nursery fees for all our teams, friends and family, access to a discount/perks platform with exceptional learning & development opportunities tailored to you.