Early Years Nursery Practitioner

Sussexcommunity; Camberley; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000

Job description

Are you a Qualified Level 3 Early Years Practitioner Looking for A Fresh New Challenge? If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual with a real passion for Early Years education and for developing young minds.

You must hold a level 3 Ofqual approved UK based qualification and have demonstrable experience of working with children under the age of 5 to be considered for this role.

We are based at Woodlands Day Nursery based at Frimley Park Hospital in Camberley, Surrey and our Nursery provides highest quality care and education to children age between 3 months and 5 years.

We are a happy, friendly and inclusive team, very passionate and focused in our vision of children being at the centre of all we do. Our children and families are fully supported by experienced Early Years Practitioners and Nursery Assistants and we deliver excellence in our practices within the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework.

Benefits:

• Flexible working opportunities
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Extensive staff health and wellbeing programs
• Blue Light Card, NHS discounts

Main duties of the job

Role Responsibilities:

• Using knowledge and understanding of child development theories, progressive learning and best working practices, contribute to and deliver individualised care and learning to children under five years within statutory and guiding principles described in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) 2024.
• To be responsible for key children's observations, planning, assessments, to create children's learning journey.
• To be responsible for producing formative and summative assessments of key children's progress.
• Promote an ethos within the setting that values and celebrates diversity that enables all children and adults to make a positive contribution to nursery life.
• Contribute to practices including the key person system, that support partnership working between parents, practitioners and others in order to lay a secure foundation for children's future learning and development.
• Liaise with Lead Practitioner and Inclusion Co-ordinator when early signs of individual needs that could lead to later difficulties have been identified.
• To ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND).
• Contribute to practices supporting individual children and families transitions into the nursery between rooms and to school or other setting.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding tasks and responsibilities, please refer to the job description/person specification attached.

We appreciate how important it is to get the right work life balance and we have several options available so we can find something that works for everybody! We also continuously invest in our staff to ensure they receive ongoing support, training, quarterly supervisions, annual pay reviews and offer a career path with genuine long term growth and stability.

Our full time positions are 37.5 hours per week over 5 days or we can discuss a range of other options.

The Ideal Nursery Practitioner candidate will:

• Hold an Early Years Level 3 Ofqual Approved UK Qualification (essential)
• Be passionate about childcare and helping children to achieve, play and be safe
• Have experience of working with children under the age of 5
• Have a good understanding of the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stages)
• An enhanced DBS will be required for this role
• Be able to work well within a team

If you feel you meet this criteria and would like to be considered for this fantastic opportunity please do apply.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Good knowledge in the area of diversity within a childcare setting.
• Knowledge of Early Years policies and procedures

Qualifications

• Gained Early Years Level 3 Ofqual Approved Qualification
• Minimum of GCSE Maths and English at Grade C/4 or Equivalent
• Paediatric First Aid certificate
• Committed to undertake continued professional development (CPD) relevant to personal and professional needs.

Experience

• Experience in implementing the Early Years Foundation Stage for children from birth to five.
• EYFS Observation, Assessment and Planning.
• Experience of working in an NHS Day Nursery or other full day care setting
• Some experience across full birth to five age range

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£25,329 to £26,958 a year per annum INCL HCAS