Lunch Cover - Level 3

Job summary

The Victoria House Day Nursery and Preschool 

Level 3 Practitioner - Lunch cover 

15 hours per week / Flexible working

Houlry rate - £13.01

Monday-Friday all year round 

Victoria House Day Nursery is a beautifully converted British Red Cross Community Hall, ideally located in the heart of Marlow. With easy access from the A404 and just a 5-minute walk from the town centre, the nursery benefits from excellent bus links and convenient onsite parking right outside.

Our nursery boasts spacious, light-filled rooms and a large, fully resourced garden that provides endless opportunities for outdoor play and learning. The garden features exciting elements such as a pirate ship, treetop walkway, and balancing beams, alongside a purpose-built preschool area, a dedicated vegetable patch, and a mud kitchen. These areas are designed to inspire imaginative and real-world play, supporting our children’s growth and development.

We are currently seeking a Lunch cover - Level 3 Practitioner to join our team. This is a part time role to work 15 hours a week. A full, relevant Level 3 childcare qualification is required. Please note, this is a year-round position, as the nursery operates throughout the year and is not term-time only.

Join Our Passionate Early Years Team - And Get More Than a Job! 

Why Join Us?

At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• £400 Qualfiication Recognition Bonus**
• Referral programme: Refer a friend and earn upto £750
• Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays 
• Health and Wellbeing Programme: Confidential employee assistance helpline available 
• Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
• Excellent Transport Links and Free Onsite Parking

As Nursery Practitioner, you will:

• Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments, and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development.
• Understand and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS are met.
• Ensure the highest levels of cleanliness and hygiene in the nursery and promote these daily in every routine.
• Undertake any other duties to ensure the smooth running of the nursery, and the safety and wellbeing of children, staff, and families.
• Maintain strictly professional relationships and report any complaints or concerns to management in accordance with company policy and procedures.
• Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent.
• Attend regular team meetings to ensure that you remain updated on key priorities, changes, developments and regularly review company policies and procedures.

*Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

As Nursery Practitioner, you will need:

• Full and relevant Level 3 childcare qualification - essential
• Fluent in written and spoken English - essential
• Over 1 year’s experience of working in Early Years - desirable
• Knowledge of the Statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements - desirable

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. ?A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

The Victoria House Day Nursery and Preschool is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.

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Benefits

• Annual leave starts at 24 days on top of a paid birthday day off and public bank holidays.
• Annual pay review to ensure competitive salary.
• Team fun days and award events to thank and celebrate our wonderful teams.
• Employee assistance helpline offering confidential counselling and advisory service from qualified and trained experts 24/7.
• Exceptional learning & development opportunities tailored to you.

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