Early Years Practitioner

2 weeks ago

Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, United Kingdom The Little Den Day Nursery Full time £20,800 - £27,800 per year

Newcastle are seeking an experienced Early Years Practitioner to join their wonderful team.

This post will be a Permanent Full time post.

We will offer our Early Years Practitioner the opportunity to:

  • Become engaged, involved and scaffold children's learning in a calming, nurturing environment - do what you love in a beautiful, supportive, and well-resourced environment
  • Work alongside and become part of team that consists of experienced, knowledgeable, passionate, supportive, and caring team members.

At The Little Den Day Nurseries our ethos and vision is to create nurseries that are full of love, laughter and learning.

If you feel that you have all the qualities and expertise listed below, I would love to receive an application from yourself:

  • Caring, nurturing qualities embedded within your practice and personality.
  • You are proud, passionate, and enthusiastic to work in the Early Years sector.
  • You enjoy working alongside a variety of team members who each have their own unique specialisms, you have the ability to learn from others but to also share your skills and knowledge with others.
  • You share our mindset of "teamwork makes the dreamwork".
  • You respect and have empathy for children, parents, team members and this is embedded throughout your personality and practice.
  • You understand and respect that 'parents are a child's main influencer' and have the confidence and ability to communicate effectively in order to build positive professional relationships with parents/carers.
  • You understand and are open to working in a child led approach to Early Years – you can accept that the 'old school' practice of a daily routine is very minimal - we are led by our children's learning and extend and scaffold this in the moment regardless of the time
  • You can set up stimulating invitations to play for our children and create a learning environment that is provoking and full of curiosity.
  • You understand or a familiar with the unpinning theory behind attachment and the importance of a child's personal, social, and emotional development and well-being being secure.
  • You are confident in talking, asking open ended questions, extending, and scaffolding children's learning.
  • You have an awareness and understanding of the environmental factors that impact positively or negatively on a child's well-being and development.
  • You have experience working with and are accepting of and nurturing towards children who displaying signs of or who are diagnosed with a Special Educational Needs.
  • You are competent to safeguard all children in your care by adhering to nurseries policies and procedures.
  • You are competent in using computer-based nursery software.
  • The Early Years Foundation stage is embedded in your practice and you have a sound knowledge of all elements.

Mandatory Requirements

  • You must hold a minimum of a Level 3 childcare qualification.
  • You must hold a valid Paediatric First Aid Certificate or be willing to obtain.
  • You must be prepared to pay for a current DBS check.

Annual Leave

Annual Leave offer is a fantastic 23 days which EXCLUDES all bank holidays.

Contract

This will be a permanent or full time post

The Location

The Little Den Day Nursery - Newcastle

Contact

If you would like to have a telephone discussion before applying for a position please call either nursery it would be lovely to speak to you.

Newcastle

Work Remotely

  • No

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £10.00-£12.85 per hour

Expected hours: 30 – 40 per week

Work Location: In person

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