Nursery Practitioner Level 3

Happy Days Nursery in Charlton Heights, Patchway is seeking an energetic and proactive Level 3 Nursery Practitioner.

Happy Days Nursery in Charlton Heights is a stunning, purpose-built setting which offers a wonderful range of resources in an innovative and engaging space.

You will play a pivotal role in the lives of our young learners, providing a vibrant and engaging learning environment, with a particular focus on outdoor experiences.

Experience in working with children with Special Educational Needs would be highly advantageous, as this will enable you to support children with diverse learning needs, ensuring inclusivity and personalized care for every child.

Our team are welcoming and supportive and we have regular team and social events.

As Nursery Practitioner you will play a vital role in helping us inspire the future for our children, by offering them the very best care and education using our unique curriculum “Where Children Shine”

Your roles and responsibilities as Nursery Practitioner would include
- **Performance**
- Embodying our SHINE values (Support, Honesty, Inspiration, Nurturing and Empowerment) in everything you do
- Supporting the effective running on the nursery by being organised, and have the ability to plan and prioritise your work
- Being positive, confident and honest
- Having great initiative and a “can do” attitude
- Knowing and upholding our policies, procedures and established working practices
- Holding a recognised level 3 qualification in childcare

**Outstanding Childcare**
- Being a “key person” for a group of children, ensuring that their care and development needs are being met at all times
- Using our unique “Where Children Shine” curriculum to observe, plan and assess children’s learning opportunities
- Understanding and implementing safeguarding, health and safety and welfare requirement policies and practices
- Strong understanding and experience in supporting children with Special Educational Needs.

**Working with Others**
- Be a dedicated team player, and valuing the experience and skills of your colleagues
- Continually striving to work together to deliver the very best care and education for the children
- Supporting colleagues with empathy and care

**We can inspire YOUR future by offering**
- Ongoing training, development and career progression opportunities
- A supportive and nurturing management structure, who take pride in our team and our people
- Family friendly working - with flexible working patterns and childcare discount,
- Employee Assistances Programmes to support colleagues
- 50% Childcare discount
- Hourly rate of up to £13.17 per hour (Depending on qualification)

Our teams, whether in our nurseries or our support centre SHINE, they ensure we are delivering outstanding childcare to every child in our settings everyday, 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”**

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

Pay: £13.17 per hour

Expected hours: 15 - 40 per week

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Childcare
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

School type:

- Day nursery

Work Location: In person