Nursery Practitioner - Early Years Educator - Qualified Level 3

Nursery Practitioner - Early Years Educator  Level 3

40 hours per week, Monay to Friday ( All year round) - £24,960 - £26,520

Are you a passionate and dedicated Nursery Practitioner?  If so, we would love you to join us and become part of our Hungry Caterpillar Family. Each day you’ll have the opportunity to bring fun, joy, smiles and laughter to the children whilst providing safe, high quality education, care and positive outcomes for each child. At Hungry Caterpillars, we embrace natural learning environments, a forest school approach to the great outdoors and learning through play. Our focus on professional development ensures that, you will be able to grow, flourish and reach your full potential too.

If this sounds like the perfect place for you, we would love to hear from you.

Our nursery in Perivale is based within the Children's Centre and is a beautiful, home from home, purpose built nursery.  We are proud of our wonderful gardens which provide extensive outdoor opportunities for our children.  Our learning environment is fully resourced and influenced by all that is natural.  Our fabulous staff access year round training opportunities and are passionate about ensuring all children flourish and leave fully prepared for their adventure ahead.

Capacity: 20 place Nursery (2 to 5 years),  Rooms: 1 x Toddler/Pre-school Room (2-3 years x 8 places) (3-4 years x 12 places),  Opening Times: 7.30am - 6.00pm

What you will bring to the role as our Nursery Nurse / Nursery Practitioner:

• Full & Relevant Early Years Level 3 or above Qualification
• Previous experience of working with children, ideally as an Early Years Educator, Nursery Practitioner, Nursery Assistant or Nursery Nurse
• Great communication skills, including the ability to understand babble
• A sense of humour which allows you to see the silver lining of every situation and have fun each and every day.
• A team player with the ability to be flexible to the needs of the children and the team.
• A passion for a play based approach to children’s learning and development
• Commitment – even to reach the end of that story that has been interrupted 5 times
• Patience & passion, enabling you to build effective & lasting relationships that will reward you with love, pride & a sense of achievement you won’t find in other roles!

If you think you could be our new Nursery Practitioner / Nursery Nurse / Early Years Educator at our Hanwell based nursery, please apply today or get in touch with us to find out more about what the Hungry Caterpillar family can offer you!

*(T&C's apply)

Why should you join our Award Winning nursery group?

• 50% off of childcare fees from day one*
• Bupa Health Care package*
• Refer a friend to our team / parent to our nursery bonuses
• ‘The Caterpillar Academy’ – 5 annual fully paid training days; Online training portal; Full and Relevant Early Years Qualification courses; career progression with internal promotions supported
• Annual ‘Superstar Awards Day’ to celebrate individual & team achievements
• Additional day annual leave awarded on completion of probation
• Monthly Staff Prize Draw