Nursery Practitioner/assistant

6 months ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Bonnington House Nursery Full time

Become a dinosaur or princess when required
- Read stories upside down, whilst being interrupted at least 5 times per page
- Rapidly count little human’s heads whilst they’re all moving
- Dance in the rain
- Nose wiping skills are VITAL
- You must be comfortable entering public spaces with unknown substances on your closing (food, glitter, paint etc.)
- The ability to sing is not necessary, but the ability to sing loudly and out of tune in a crowd of children is
- Give warm hugs when necessary

Bonnington House nursery is a large 105 place nursery in Trinity area of Edinburgh. We have 5 playrooms over 2 floors to suit all ages and abilities of the children. The nursery has large garden areas and plenty of nearby outdoor space at Victoria Park which we absolutely love to use, and get out and about.

We have a fabulous staff team who we are looking to add to due to increasing numbers of children attending our setting. We are a popular setting with families nearby and have a strong reputation.
We are looking for fun, enthusiastic individuals with a passion to deliver high quality childcare for our 0-5 children.

Ideally we would love to recruit someone who either would like to work part time (3 days, 27 hours) or full time (4 days, 36 hours) although we have some flexibility in this, for the right person
- **Butterflies room nursery practitioner or assistant (our 3-5 year old room)**

We are looking for a full time qualified practitioner who holds a HNC, SVQ 3 or equivalent in childcare, or someone who is looking to begin their training to join our team.

Our preschool room holds up to 52 children aged 3-5 years old. It a very busy room and age group, but holds a confident staff team who are looking forward to getting to know their new team member We use Curriculum for Excellence for planning, and training can be given on this if it is needed.

These roles requires the successful applicant to be a key person to a group of children, to complete observations for the children in the playroom, contribute to planning and paperwork. Support and guidance will be given to do this by the setting, room leader and management

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £11.44-£12.00 per hour

Expected hours: 16 - 36 per week

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Childcare
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- UK visa sponsorship

Flexible Language Requirement:

- English not required

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

School type:

- Day nursery

Application question(s):

- Do you have your Level 3 in Childcare?

Work Location: In person


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