Nursery Assistant

4 days ago

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Acorn Early Years Foundation Full time

We are looking for a passionate and motivated Nursery Assistant to join our team at Acorn Nursery in New Bradwell, Milton Keynes. This is a full-time position, working 40 hours per week between 7:30 am - 6:15 pm, Monday to Friday, all year round.

Acorn is proud to be one of the leading childcare providers in Milton Keynes, Northampton, and Bedford, with over 35 years of experience in delivering outstanding early years education. We have recently been recognised with a ‘Top 20 Nursery Group 2024’ Award by Day Nurseries, reflecting our dedication to excellence and high customer satisfaction.

As a not-for-profit organisation, we always put children first, ensuring they receive the very best care and education. We are committed to nature pedagogy, encouraging outdoor learning and creative play, and we invest in our employees with dedicated training days, professional development opportunities, and career progression.

In this role, you will be supporting children’s learning and development, helping to create a nurturing and inspiring environment where they can grow in confidence and independence. You will work closely with parents as partners, ensuring the best outcomes for every child, and communicate effectively with the team to maintain our high standards of care. A good understanding of the EYFS framework and safeguarding procedures is desirable.

In return, we offer a competitive salary, enhanced pension contributions, 65% childcare discount, and fantastic training and progression opportunities.

Successful applicants must be able to provide ‘right to work in the UK’ documentation, provide two satisfactory references and undertake an enhanced DBS check prior commencing employment.

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**Benefits**
**Working at Acorn**:
As a thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to making Acorn a safe, nurturing and fun place for our children to be, we offer:

- Payscales that are competitive, transparent and reviewed annually
- Childcare discount
- Generous family leave
- Christmas closure
- 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays (and the option to buy more)
- 4 dedicated training days and individual development plans
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Cyclescheme
- Techscheme
- Length of Service awards
- Summer and Christmas parties
- Pay advances for when times are tough
- Employee assistance wellbeing programme

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