Early Years Educator

**Early Years Educator**
- Blueberry Nursery School by Storal
- Hove, Sussex, BN3 1QB
- Early Years Educator
- Full Time, 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday

**About the Nursery**:
Blueberry Nursery School upholds a long history of outstanding Ofsted reports and strives for an educational, fun and nurturing experience for children who attend. The nursery has become a firm favourite in the local community due to its commitment to high quality care and education.

**About Storal**:
At Storal each and every child represents a new and exciting story. And everything we do in our growing nursery group is about allowing that story to develop with richness and purpose. By sharing knowledge and ideas across our community of settings, we provide our nurseries with proven and reliable support structures. We empower every member of the team to concentrate on what they really love - understanding children and helping their special stories unfold.

**About you**:
We are looking for a passionate and ambitious Early Years Educator who will work in partnership with the Senior EYE and Nursery Managers to ensure the daily running of the nursery, adhering to the Policies & Procedures of the Setting and Storal Learning and in compliance with the Children Act, Health and Safety legislation and within the guidelines of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

You will help to encourage children’s development, independence, self-reliance, initiative and problem-solving skills by working in a way that promotes inclusivity of all children by ensuring all have equal access to opportunities to learn, develop and reach their potential.

**Main responsibilities**
- Ensures that all children attending the setting are kept safe and receive rich and stimulating play experiences appropriate to their age and stage of development.
- Observes, supports and extends children’s learning with high quality teaching;
- Appropriately plans individual learning experiences for children under the EYFS curriculum;
- Take on key person responsibilities for a group of children;
- Maintains accurate and up-to-date children’s records;
- Builds and maintains an effective partnership with parents.

**Specific measures of success**:

- **Individual care**: Ensures every child experience a safe and stimulating nursery experience based on their individual needs;
- **Record keeping**:Always ensures children’s records are up to date;
- **Career growth**:Demonstrates the ability and motivation to become a Senior Nursery Practitioner;
- **Parent partnership**:Develops a strong relationship with parents, building a reputation of trust.

**Knowledge and Skills**:

- Level 3 or above qualification within child development
- First Aid Certification required
- Minimum of 6 months experience of working with children under the age of 5
- Knowledge and understanding of the EYFS
- Excellent communication skills

**Benefits**:

- 50% childcare discount
- Performance related pay & annual pay reviews
- Nursery performance related bonuses
- Annual wellness day off
- Access to Perkbox, a platform with a variety of retail and leisure discounts
- Company sick pay
- Opportunities for team building and celebrating success including Christmas Parties and the annual Storal awards
- Dedicated learning and development support
- Holidays increasing to 22 days after 2 years’ service and 25 days after 5 years' service
- Unlimited £500 refer a friend bonus
- Access to one-to-one confidential counselling sessions through our Employee Assistance Programme
- Storal Support Fund, supporting team members in times of unexpected financial adversity

**Terms and Conditions**:
Salaries are usually reviewed in April. You will normally be eligible for a salary review after completing one year’s service.
- Blueberry Nursery School by Storal
- Hove, Sussex, BN3 1QB
- Early Years Educator
- Full Time, 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday

**Salary**: Up to £24,440.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location