Nursery Practitioner

**Salary**: from £14,901.12 per annum

**Contract Type**: Part Time, Permanent (24 hrs)

**Location**: 43 High St, Totton, Southampton SO40 9HL

Level 2 or Level 3 Childcare Qualification essential

Play Away Day Nursery Totton are seeking a Level 2 Practitioner to join them for 24 hours a week working Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. The nursery is a purpose build building with large play rooms and beautiful staff room area. There are large feature windows which flood the rooms with natural light.

Are you able to come up with exciting new learning opportunities for the children, bounce off of their curiosity and naturally integrate sustained shared thinking? We would love to speak to you about joining Chloe and her passionate team

**Nursery Practitioner duties and responsibilities**:
Ensure that each child’s individual needs are met and a high standard of professional care and education is delivered in a caring, safe and secure environment in which all children can play, learn and develop

Observe, assess and plan an interesting, stimulating and challenging range of early years activities which supports each child’s individual learning and development needs and abilities

Engage as a professional member of the team, exhibiting a flexible attitude and willingness to develop new skills

Ensure that company policies and procedures are read, applied, reviewed regularly and adhered to by all

Follow risk assessments diligently and report all health and safety matters to management

Enhance the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development
- Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

**Nursery Practitioner requirements and skills**:
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

Play Away Day Nursery Totton 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.

INDR2LP Benefits

Family First benefits include annual leave starting at 24 days on top of a paid birthday day off and bank holidays. On top of this we have discounted nursery fees for all our teams, friends and family, access to a discount/perks platform with exceptional learning & development opportunities tailored to you.

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