Nursery: Chestnut House Kindergarten, 45 Mill Road, Colchester
Salary: £12.69 per hour / £16,497 per annum
Hours: 25 hours per week, 9am - 3pm, Monday - Friday,
Are you passionate about early childhood development? Ready to be part of a nursery that truly feels like home? Chestnut House Kindergarten, a cherished and tight-knit nursery, is looking for a Level 2 Qualified Practitioner to join our wonderful team!
Chestnut House is a well-established nursery within the community with a glowing reputation and long standing team members ranging up to 20 years’ service, offering exceptional staff progression and development opportunities suited to you as an individual, wellbeing support and a culture of togetherness. The nursery is a 65 place setting made up of 8 cosy welcoming rooms across the 0-5 year old age group.
Why Join Us?
At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Annual Leave: Starting at 20 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays
- Childcare Employee Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team member’s
- Health & Wellbeing: Confidential employee assistance helpline available
- Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
- Referral Programme - Refer a friend and receive a bonus up to £750 check terms and conditions
As Nursery Practitioner, you will:
- 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.
- 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.
What we are looking for:
- Full and relevant Level 2 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
Apply now to join our family, fulfill your career where everyone matters and everyone makes a difference. We look forward to receiving your application!
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.
Chestnut House 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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