Nursery Practitioner

Salisbury, UK
- Posted 2 hours ago
- £13.83 GBP / Hour

**Happy Days Nursery in Lyde Green, Bristol is expanding its provision to offer more childcare spaces for our local community and we are seeking a Level 3 qualified Nursery Practitioner to join our team.**

**Happy Days Nursery, Lyde Green Bristol is dedicated to providing the highest quality care and education for young children. Our dedicated team of professionals creates a warm and stimulating environment, ensuring that every child’s unique needs are met.**

**What will you be doing**:
As a Nursery Practitioner, you will play a crucial role in shaping the early experiences of children in our care. You will be responsible for providing a safe, supportive, and enriching environment that fosters children’s development from birth-5. If you’re Level 3 qualified, your passion for childcare, creativity, and dedication will make you an essential part of our team.

A pivotal part of the role will be your ability to plan and implement exciting learning opportunities for a ground of key children, ensuing your children’s interests and developmental stages are catered to, whilst also ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all children in our care.

Happy days strives to foster a real team ethos within our nurseries, so you will have the opportunity to work within a thriving busy team environment, collaborating effectively to maintain a clean, safe and organised nursery which has the children and families’ best interests at heart.

Beyond the care of our children, our families are at the centre of everything we do, therefore our nursery practitioners will communicate effectively with our families, creating professional relationships and keeping them consistently informed about their child’s progress and wellbeing.

**Who we’re looking for**:
Our ideal Nursery Practitioner will be level 3 qualified with a full and relevant early years or childcare qualification and will have an evident passion for making a difference within the sector whilst having a strong understanding of the developmental stages and emotional wellbeing of young children.

A good knowledge and understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework and how to implement this effectively with a group of key children will be vital within the role, along with an ability to plan meaningful and educational activities for our children.

Safeguarding our children is of the utmost importance at Happy Days, consequently you will show a strong commitment to well-being and safeguarding of all children in your care.

What we can offer you:

- Competitive hourly wage of £13.83 per hour, dependent on qualifications.
- 50% Childcare Discount
- Up to 4 Days gifted Christmas Closedown
- Ongoing professional development opportunities.
- Supportive and inclusive work environment.
- Opportunities for career growth within the organisation.

**_Our teams, whether in our nurseries or our support centre SHINE, they ensure we are delivering outstanding childcare to every child in our settings every day, this helps to make Happy Days a great place to work. By ensuring we are always recruiting, retaining and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues, who are representative of the communities within which our nurseries sits gives us the best opportunity to continue to deliver outstanding childcare_**

**“Happy Days Nurseries are committed to the safety and wellbeing of the children in our care, as such the successful post holder will be required to undergo a robust vetting process, including an enhanced DBS Check and Reference History Checks”**Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £13.83 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Childcare
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme