Level 3 Nursery Practitioner

We are looking for an outstanding level 3 Nursery Practitioner to join our amazing team.

The superstar nursery practitioner is responsible for:

- Ensuring high quality childcare and education is provided in a safe and clean room
- Ensuring she/he is a role model for staff including high levels of professionalism and standard of appearance
- Supporting the room leader in coaching, mentoring and supervising the Nursery practitioners within the room ensuring they are fulfilling their roles and responsibilities
- Providing support to the room leader and senior management
- Supporting the room leader in carrying out termly supervisions, observations and cohort tracking
- Ensuring the Early Years Foundation Stage is embedded and adhered to
- Ensuring the rooms display boards and communication boards are up to date and relevant
- Ensuring the Key Person’s information is up to date

Key Responsibilities:

General Duties:

- To support the room leader in overseeing the day to day running of the room
- To be approachable for parents and staff
- To be responsible for the care, well-being and safety of all children and staff
- To ensure high standards of care and education are maintained at all times
- To take an active role within the senior room team
- To ensure the room runs smoothly and is clean, tidy and presentable at all times
- To ensure adherence to health and safety policies and practice and ensure risk assessments are completed timely
- To ensure all room and Nursery policies and procedures are adhered to
- To respect and maintain confidentiality
- To inform the room leader of any problems, children’s illnesses and absences
- To support the room leader in inducting, training, coaching, mentoring and supervising the Nursery practitioners
- To help to identify training needs
- To participate in room meetings to ensure good team working and motivation, information sharing and planning
- To carry out assessments and cohort tracking
- To ensure the children’s dietary and allergy needs are met and all staff are aware
- To ensure the children’s SEND needs are met and all staff are aware
- To liaise effectively with the SENDCo
- To ensure all concerns regarding child protection/safeguarding are responded to promptly and appropriately following policies and procedures
- To support the room leader in developing team practice with regards to the Early Years Foundation Stage and pedagogy
- To support the room leader in the room planning, observation and assessment on a regular basis
- In the room leader’s absence, deal with any duties as instructed by the Nursery Manager
- To communicate effectively with parents and other visitors to the Nursery
- To assume responsibility for opening and closing the Nursery as directed by the Nursery Manager
- To provide room leadership as directed by the Nursery Manager
- To comply fully with the safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures
- To ensure the children’s learning needs, likes, interest and next steps are recorded and accommodated
- To ensure a wide variety of challenging activities are provided to meet children’s interests and next steps in learning
- To ensure that all new children are welcomed and settled in.That when information has been collected from the parents it is shared with the rest of the staff including the Nursery Cook, if applicable
- When a message is left by a parent regarding their child’s care/welfare that the information is passed on to the relevant staff.It is also important to check that any messages left with staff for the parents is given to them.

Self-Management:

- Attends training courses to further personal development
- Performs any ad hoc duties as required
- Actively contributes and participates as part of the team, attending team meetings and other events
- Is mindful of personal safety and safety of colleagues
- Assists the room leader and the Nursery Manager with initiatives that directly benefits the Nursery

Skills, Knowledge, Experience:

Essential to role

- Minimum 2 years’ post qualification
- Minimum Level III or equivalent
- Relevant childcare qualifications in accordance with OFSTED guidelines
- Thorough understanding and knowledge of legislation including EYFS
- Empathetic, caring and friendly
- Enthusiastic, positive attitude
- Patient
- Adept at dealing with stress
- Proven supervisory and coaching experience

Desirable to role

- Experience of responsibility for SEND children
- Excellent planning and organisation skills

Skills / Qualifications:

- teaching
- childcare
- child development