Nursery Practitioner - Level 3

Job Title: Nursery Practitioner

Salary: £27,352.00 per annum

Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent (40 hrs)

Location: Brookside, South Gorley, Fordingbridge, SP6 2PP

The Coach House Day Nursery Nursery who are part of the Family First Group are seeking to appoint a Level 3 Nursery Practitioner team member to join their Robins room (2-years) . 

About us:

Our purpose built garden is situated in the beautiful, tranquil and educationally rich setting of the new forest.We have direct acess to the national park we have a local stream and stunning meadows and wooded locations to be able to explore. We even have visits from the local animals! We are extremely proud of our nursery which is unique in the fact that it is a truly enchanting nursery set in the new forest national park.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               We have four beautiful rooms for the children to work their way through whilst growing up along with our own private shaded garden and seprate baby area which the children have acces to all year round. The gardens contain a herb garden, digging area and a large climbing frame.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The desired candidate will need to be a driver due to the location of the nursery.however we are able to provide off road parking,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Our team is very small meaning with have a family feel to the nursery and if you were to join our team you would become part of the family!

Nursery reviews:

" A wonderful nursery in a gorgeous rural setting with lovely carers"         

"My child absolutley loves coming here to see her friends and teachers. She gets to enjoy being outside on the farmc, in the barn and in the forest which i think are so important for her learning".

"A fantastic nursery in a beautiful setting. The building,playground and surrounding fields create a wonderful enviroment for learning and playing. I couldnt wish for a better Nursery"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Visit our website for further information and a gallery which shows you our idyllic nursery location: https;//coachhousedaynursery.com 

Nursery Practitioner main responsibilities include*:

• Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all times
• Observe, support and extend children’s development, update the EyLog system and children’s learning journals with the highest quality and relevance
• Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent
• Report any child safeguarding or protection matters, including allegations and serious accidents/injuries to management
• Ensure daily that all resources, equipment and environments are safe and suited for children’s age and stageProvide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development
• Communicate with impartiality and consistency respecting parent/carers’ expectations and seek guidance from management if in doubt
• Treat all personal and sensitive information relating to staff, children, families, visitors, nursery or the company with utmost integrity and confidentiality

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

Nursery Practitioner requirements and skills:

• Full and relevant Level 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

The Coach House Day Nursery, part of the Family First Nursery Group, offers the highest quality childcare for children aged 3 months to 5 years. Based in the new forest, 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.

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 Coach House Day Nursery 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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