Nursery Practitioner

**UNDER NEW MANAGMENT**
- **£300 JOINING BONUS**

**Salary From £22,256**

Heathside day nursery, Runcorn is a 40 place setting with a beautiful outdoor space.

We are looking for qualified level 3 nursery practitioners who are highly motivated, flexible, experienced in working in Early Years and have a genuine interest in working with children.

**Benefits**
- Company incentives such as additional holiday days for 100% attendance
- £300 joining bonus - T&C's apply
- Travel allowance for Toll Bridge
- Flexible working hours across 4 days
- 8am-6.00pm.
- Very competitive staff discount on childcare fees within Mi Child settings.
- Exclusive access to a social recognition platform where you could receive vouchers, discounts and cash back on local shopping sites, supermarkets, restaurants, holidays, such as Tesco, Adidas, Argos, Odeon, Ikea, Pizza Express, TUI and lots more
- Staff well-being programme including
- weekly staff well-being drop in's, specific well-being space in the nursery where you can unwind during your break, access to free exercise sessions and healthy recipes on our well-being platform.
- Monthly Staff Treats
- Staff meals and refreshments throughout the day
- Staff appreciation and recognition awards (such a 1 years service, 5 years service, 10 year service, employee of the month, staff shout out's etc.
- Company events (such as annual awards night, NMT awards, Day Nursery Awards etc)
- Are you a driven individual looking for career progression, across our 16 nurseries, there's always opportunities.
- Free branded staff uniform
- Fully funded accredited training such as Paediatric First Aid, Level 2 in Safeguarding and many more
- Employer contribution to pension scheme

**Essential Requirements**:

- NVQ Level 3 in Early Years Childcare and Education or equivalent.
- Must be passionate and possess a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for the children attending the setting.
- To have a can do attitude and be adaptable to the needs of the nursery and company.
- To have a firm and broad understanding of the EYFS Statutory requirements and how to implement these.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- To prioritise the safeguarding of all children, staff and families that have access to the setting.
- To promote a fun, high quality environment for all children in our care.
- Ensuring the Welfare and Learning development requirements of all children are met at all times.
- To confidently and respectfully work in partnership with parents and carers.
- Undertake a shared responsibility for the health and safety of the nursery.
- Ensure all children are clean, loved and happy at all times.
- Adhere to all Policies and Procedures set out by the company.
- Be fully aware of all emergency and security procedures relating to the nursery.
- Take pride in the delivery of exciting and age appropriate activities.
- To confidently carry out planning, observations and next steps for your key group.
- To ensure mealtimes is a time of pleasant social sharing.
- To fully comply with our Confidentiality policy.
- To fully understand and promote the company's Ethos and Core Values.
- To be a key player to ensure the nursery receives excellent outcomes in internal audits and those of external authorities such as Ofsted.
- To use initiative at all times.

Competitive salary range from £10.70

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