Nursery Practitioner

Job Title: Early Years Educator
Location: Warwick
Job Type: Full-time (30-40 hours per week)
Pay: £12.50 - £15.00 depending on experience
Expected Hours: 20 – 40 hours per week
The Role:
As an Early Years Educator, the successful candidate will work full-time, demonstrating their knowledge and best practices to colleagues while ensuring that children receive the best start in life.
Benefits:

• Childcare provision with substantial discounts
• Excellent in-house training opportunities
• Chance to gain further qualifications
• Access to virtual learning
• Career progression opportunities

Essential Qualifications & Experience:

• Minimum Level 3 Qualification as per government guidelines
• At least 2 years of previous experience working with and caring for children under 5, ideally in an early year setting
• A passion for delivering high-quality childcare and creating exciting learning opportunities

Key Responsibilities & Duties:
As an Early Years Educator, the individual will be responsible for supporting management and staff within the setting to ensure the highest standards of care and education. Specific duties include:

• Acting as a key person to ensure that every individual child's needs are met, including supporting parents with any special educational needs or additional needs.
• Prioritising the safeguarding of children and ensuring a safe and nurturing environment.
• Attending parents' evenings, recruitment/open day events, and relevant training sessions.
• Contributing to and participating in training and staff meetings to remain up to date with EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) requirements within the nursery.
• Building strong relationships with parents and carers, providing daily reports on their child's time at nursery.
• Taking ownership of observations, assessments, and planning for key children in line with EYFS, offering developmentally challenging next steps.
• Staying current with childcare policies and procedures.
• Being a team player to ensure the nursery achieves excellent outcomes in internal audits and external inspections, such as Ofsted.
• Encouraging and praising children's development and achievements.

Benefits:

• Childcare support
• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discounts
• Flexitime

Schedule:

• Day shifts
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Minimum of 1 year in childcare (required)

Work Location:

• In person