Nursery Practitioner

**Cherryharbour Nursery**

**Nursery Practitioner**

**42.5 hours per week**

**Monday - Friday, All year round**

**Minimum Level 2 Childcare Qualification essential**

**Salary ranging from £16,500 - £23,200 per annum**

Cherryharbour Nursery is seeking a skilled practitioner to join their team in the form of an Nursery Practitioner. Within this role you will be responsible for a designated group of children as a key person and will guide the children through the daily routine, liaise with parents and provide an enabling environment.

Our Cherryharbour Nursery is open from 7.15am - 18:30pm and we would require our staff to be able to work varied shift patterns between those times. We have an fantastic outdoor play area, indoor sensory room, five start rated kitchen and proudly are an Ofsted Outstanding Provider.

**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/Level 3 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
- Cherryharbour Nursery 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._

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

**Salary**: £16,500.00-£23,200.00 per year

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

School type:

- Day nursery

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Hayling Island, PO11 9DD: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Nursery: 1 year (preferred)
- Childcare: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Level 2 / Level 3 Childcare Qualification (required)

Work Location: One location