Nursery Practitioner Level 3

Job summary

Join our Money Puzzle family!

We are looking for enthusiastic and passionate Nursery Practitioners at Level 3 to join our amazing nursery team. As a qualified practitioner, you will be key to the development and growth of the children at the setting, and help maintain the high standards of the nursery.

Hours & salary:

• Various shift patterns available (between 30 and 40 hours per week between the hours of 7:30 and 18:30, Monday to Friday)
• From £25,000 to £29,000 (dependent on experience) 

Benefits:

• Highly competitive salary
• Continued opportunities for professional growth
• Wellbeing-focused leadership team
• Bonus day of holiday on your birthday
• Loyalty & performance rewards
• Two annual inset training days
• Recently refurbished staff facilities
• Paid lunch break
• Childcare discount
• Pension scheme
• Refer a friend scheme benefit of up to £250
• Free on-site parking

Your Key Responsibilities:

• To provide the highest levels of care and education for all children attending the setting.
• Supervise, engage with, support, and meet the needs of the children
• Bring a positive attitude and creative ideas that inspire children to learn
• Lead, prepare and join the children in engaging (and sometimes messy) activities aligned with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
• Be proactive and responsive, and react to children’s interests
• Be willing to sing, dance, dress up, and take the occasional trip to the moon
• Assess development for your key children
• Develop and maintain warm and professional relationships with the children, parents/carers, colleagues and visitors
• Maintain the high standards of the nursery

The duties and responsibilities included in this job specification are not exhaustive or restrictive and can be reviewed at any time in the future, changes and other duties deemed relevant to this post may be added.

Essential skills & qualifications expected as a Nursery Practitioner:

• Minimum full and relevant Level 3 Early Years qualification
• Proven experience of working in Early Years
• Excellent organisational and communication skills
• Paediatric First Aid qualification and basic Safeguarding
• To work productively within a team
• To work with and support parents
• Excellent working knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage
• Excellent knowledge of the current Early Years Inspection Framework

Any necessary training will be provided through our engaging training platform.

About us:

As part of Monkey Puzzle Hartley Wintney, you will be joining our caring, welcoming and supportive team. We have been open since 2016 and are situated in a beautiful setting just outside Hartley Wintney. We are coming to the end of an exciting redevelopment project which includes refurbished staff facilities, the creation of a new room for our youngest babies, and an extension of our two gardens to include new natural learning environments for the children.