Nursery Practitioner - Level 3
- Family First Nursery Group
- Portishead, UK
- 11 Apr, 2025
Job Description
Position: Level 3 Early Years Practitioner
Nursery: Lakehouse Nursery
Hours: Perm | 25 hours per week | Monday – Friday
Location: 49 Beach Road West BS20 7HX
We value the dedication and expertise of our Level 3 Practitioners. To show our appreciation for their (and hopefully your) hard work and commitment, we’re excited to offer a £400 Qualification Recognition bonus to all our Level 3 Practitioners across all our Nurseries.This bonus will be paid after just 6 months of service, making it the perfect time to join our team and be recognized for your qualifications and contributions
Lakehouse Nursery currently has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team. We are looking for passionate Nursery Practitioner who is inspiring, enthusiastic and have a natural flare with young children. You’ll need to be Level 3 qualified in Early Years, work well in a team and be committed to delivering fantastic outcomes for young children. We are open from 8:00am - 18:00pm and we would require you to be able to work varied shift patterns between those times.
Founded in 2011, Lakehouse provides Outstanding care and education for children from 3 months to 5 years old in an engaging and nurturing environment. This former Victorian home was specifically chosen for the large gardens and proximity to the lake grounds and green open spaces which are all right on our doorstep. We are active members of our community, supporting and working with local charities including Portishead in Bloom and Turn the Tide. Sister to Lakehouse, Stationhouse founded in 2013, houses beautiful large gardens and proximity to the Marina, Library, local shops, and Lake Grounds which are all within walking distance.
What we need from you?
- Passion and commitment for working in childcare
- Ability to work shifts between 7.00-6.00pm Monday to Friday working 40 hours per week
- Commitment to continual development
- Have sound Knowledge of EYFS
- NNEB, BTEC Nat Dip, CACHE Dip in Childcare, NVQ level 3, EY Educator
Why Join Us?
At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays
- Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team member’s
- Wellbeing: Confidential employee assistance helpline available
- Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
- Childcare
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Referral programme
- We value the dedication and expertise of our Level 3 Practitioners. To show our appreciation for their (and hopefully your) hard work and commitment, we’re excited to offer a £400 Qualification Recognition bonus to all our Level 3 Practitioners across all our Nurseries.This bonus will be paid after just 6 months of service, making it the perfect time to join our team and be recognized for your qualifications and contributions
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.
Lakehouse 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.
All positions are subject to enhanced DBS clearance and satisfactory references
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Why Join Us?
Established in 2019, we are UK’s fastest growing childcare provider and it’s our ambition to grow further by acquiring well run local nurseries that provide outstanding quality childcare and we strive to provide an enjoyable working environment for all our team. Whether you are working in one of our nurseries, or as part of our support team, you’ll feel part of the family. It’s always been like this, it’s in our DNA.
If you love childcare as much as we do, you’ll fit right in. We know that choosing your next career move is a big step, but fear not – our people are our most important asset and we make a big deal when it comes to taking care of you!
What Makes us Different?
From humble beginnings with a very small team, Family First began its journey with just 4 nurseries within London and has grown to 100 nurseries across the UK. Although we have grown, we have stayed true to our values, ensuring the highest possible standard of childcare, with a passion for developing our teams.
Our people are passionate about creating a special environment for all of the children within our care to flourish. Whilst there’s lots of hard work involved, to ensure that all our children are provided with the best possible standard of care, it’s the fact that we all love working with children, believe in what we do and have a lot of fun doing it that really helps us pull together, to create the highest quality of childcare that we’ve become famous for.
It’s the reason that parents choose to trust us with their children; because when you enjoy caring for children and seeing them develop into wonderful young people as much as we do, the feeling to have enriched someone’s early years journey is truly overwhelming.