Level 3 Early Years Educator

**We are offering a £250 Joining Bonus**

**Qualified Level 3 Early Year’s Educator**

**Description of Duties**

**Deliver: Deliver an amazing service, for both our children and families**
- Work as part of the Childcare Team to provide an amazing service, for both our children and families.
- Ensure the children’s environment and your nursery is kept safe, secure and clean at all times ensuring safeguarding policies are adhered to.
- Be a role model for the children at all times, whilst demonstrating best practice to your colleagues.
- Ensure all toys, equipment and furniture is kept clean and in good working order, steralising toys when necessary or required by policy.
- Assist in the supervision of meal times, ensuring this remains a learning opportunity for the children where positive eating practices are learnt and developed.
- Give parents and carers a warm welcome and concise handover at the end of the day.
- Ensure you are up to date and compliant with all Cherubs Nurseries policies and procedures.

**Take Ownership: Take ownership in everything, always being honest and transparent**
- Ensure paperwork is completed correctly, accurately and on-time.
- Complete Blossom for all your key children, ensuring you meet targets and provide detailed and relevant accounts for each child, underpinned by the EYFS.
- Take pride in your room and nursery, ensuring it is presented well with organised resources, engaging displays with an inviting layout.

**Commit: Commit to continuous improvement, always strive to be and do the best**
- Present yourself in a professional manner at all times, always “dressed for service”.
- Ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times both inside and outside of the workplace.
- Work towards your qualification in childcare (if applicable), ensuring all targets are met and you are always up to date with any assigned coursework.
- Attend both in-house and external training, as required. Some of this may be outside of working hours, for example on a weekend.
- Complete all PLA training that is relevant to your role, ensuring this is completed within 7-days of issue.

**Embrace: Embrace creativity and innovation - these are what keep our service fresh unique and inspiring.**
- Assist in the thorough planning and successful delivery of a variety of activities (both indoor and outdoor) to maintain the children’s interests and to ensure the development of all children in-line with their own needs.

**Build: Build a positive and progressive team environment where everyone is united and able to shine**
- Work under the direction of your Nursery Manager, Assistant Nursery Manager and Senior Early Years Educators - absorbing their knowledge and experience to enhance your own.
- Take an active role in being either a Buddy or Mentor to our new Apprentice Nursery Practitioners, ensuring you impart correct and up to date knowledge and role model best practice.
- Undertake a “Designated Role” such as Language Lead or iPad Specialist to enhance your own knowledge and that of those in your team and beyond.
- Ensure any information you receive is shared with the relevant people and in a timely manner.
- Establish and maintain friendly but professional relationships with all parents, staff and suppliers.
- Attend all staff events including parents evening, staff meetings and summer fairs, some of these may be out of hours and on weekends.
- Undertake any other duties which may reasonably be regarded as within the nature of your duties.

**Your Qualifications and Experience**
- Level 3 in Childcare (or equivalent)
- GCSE Level Pass (4 or above) in both English and Maths
- At least 3 year’s experience working in a childcare setting

Work remotely
- No

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

**Salary**: Up to £9.90 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Wellness programmes

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

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

Reference ID: £250 Joining Bonus is paid after a successful 3 month probation period.