Early Years Lead Practitioner
7 months ago
**LEAD PRACTITIONER WITH SPIRIT AND SPARKLE REQUIRED.**
**BECOME A PART OF OUR OFSTED 'OUTSTANDING' NURSERY TEAM**
**If you can**:
- Inspire, stimulate, educate you team of excellent Practitioners.
- Nurture new-borns, get messy with toddlers and prepare pre-schoolers for the big wide world.
- Giggle, hop, paint, climb and show off your best dance moves.
- Be passionate about providing children the BEST support and encouragement.
- Be a bouncing space-bunny one minute, and a cuddle monkey the next.
**Then you’re just the right person who will thrive and love working with us**
**We will give you**:
**Salary**:£24,874 - £28,074 per annum (Dependent on Qualifications)
**Full Time role**:40 hours per week
- Day off for your birthday
- Signing up bonus, total of £500
- Refer a friend scheme
- 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays FTE, accruing an additional day for each year of service up to 30 days
- Option to purchase additional leave (up to 10 days a year)
- 50% discount on nursery fees
- Enhanced Maternity
- Day camps discounts: 1 week free and 1 week at 50% per child per annum
- Campsite and activities discounts at YMCA Fairthorne Manor: campsite, river hire, activities, daycamps.
- 30% discount on food in Cafes: Fairthorne, Eastleigh and Andover.
- Wellbeing assistance programme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Good quality resources and a modern environment
- A welcoming, caring and supportive culture
**Your qualifications and experience**:
- Level 5 childcare qualification or Level 3, relevant experience and willingness to train
- Experience of implementing improvements in an early years setting, including demonstrating best practice, coaching staff, setting objectives, and keeping records
- Experience and understanding of child development, behaviour management, SENCO and identified groups of children
- Good knowledge of matters relating to health and safety
- Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding good practice
- Paediatric First Aid qualification or willingness to train
- Designated Safeguarding Lead (level 3 or above) or willingness to train
**About us**:
The original and largest youth charity in the world; and the leading childcare provider across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Committed to giving children the best start in life and an opportunity to belong, contribute and thrive. We are looking for an amazing Lead Practitioner to join our friendly, busy team at our YMCA Nursery in the heart of Augusta Park, East Anton, Andover. With bright, spacious rooms and outdoor play areas, the nursery provides plenty of exciting spaces for mini adventures and daily discoveries.
The Lead Practitioner is a key member of our nursery leadership team, with a prime focus on supporting children across the setting who have any form of additional need or vulnerability. You will be expected to observe children and, alongside keypersons, identify children in need of additional support, develop individual education plans, make onward referrals, and support and coach nursery teams to embed high standards of care to meet identified needs. This post is primarily supernumerary with an expectation that the majority of time will be spent working directly with staff and children, in rooms and the garden.
**The YMCA are huge advocates of personal and professional development. When you work with us, you also benefit from**:
- Access to 26 online professional development modules.
- Inspiring opportunities to work in different settings and share practice.
- **Successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via Disclosure and Barring Service.**_
**We are an equal opportunities charity with commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace. A copy of this policy will be made available on request.**
**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent
**Salary**: £24,874.00-£28,319.00 per year
**Benefits**:
- Additional leave
- Canteen
- Childcare
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
School type:
- Day nursery
- Preschool
**Experience**:
- Nursery: 2 years (preferred)
- Supervisory: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
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