Job Ref: 213999825

Date: 2021-06-17 10:57:59

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Early Years Practitioner

"We are looking for passionate, inspiring Early Years Practitioners who are looking to really make a difference! With a positive, can do attitude, a real team player, and keen to really engage making a difference to our children’s learning and development."

Location: Knowlhill & Bletchley Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

Early Years Practitioner, Nursery Nurse, EYP, Early Years Educator, Nursery Practitioner

National Day Nurseries Association – New Nursery & Pre School of the year 2018!

We aren’t your “usual” childcare setting. We offer Forest Schooling for our over 3’s, a unique outdoors environment, and a roof terrace (including a pizza oven at our Knowlhill setting!)

We are expanding and are looking for full time, Qualified Practitioners.

The benefits:

This role will be exciting, challenging and extremely rewarding! We offer an attractive salary and benefits package including:

* 50% off childcare (including Holiday Camp)

* Access to 18 training courses including Child Protection and ongoing training and development

* Free hot lunches every day

* 28 days annual holiday, after 2 years of service these increase by 1 day per year, up to 33 days holiday!

* Free uniform

* NEST Pension scheme for all staff

* Company awards ceremony every 2 years

Responsibilities and Duties

* To support the day to day responsibility for the efficient running of the setting facility.

* To ensure that developmental records for your key group are kept up to date.

* To support your colleagues and work as part of a team in providing a safe, caring and stimulating environment for all children. (Ages range from 6 weeks to 13 years dependent on setting).

* To assist in the development of an attractive stimulating range of equipment, activities and displays relevant to the age and needs of the children in the setting, which encourage independence, self motivation and eagerness to learn.

* To treat information of matters relating to the work within the setting as confidential.

* To ensure the highest standards of safety, hygiene and welfare whilst maintaining adequate supervision of the conduct of the children attending the setting.

* To ensure company policies and procedures are followed at all times.

* To help support the management team to ensure that the Ofsted standards including EYFS is followed at all times.

* To support the management team in striving to deliver an outstanding setting

* Any other duties that may be required.

Qualifications and Skills

We are looking for confident Practitioners, who are looking to get their teeth into a new challenge. You will be motivated to hit the ground running and add value to our fun and hard working team. You will thrive in a busy environment, and always be on hand with new ideas and activities.

You will be confident in all areas of the EYFS and implement accordingly, and have experience in a similar role.

You must have a relevant early years qualification, ideally level 3 or above, though we will consider qualified level 2 applications.

This position is full time, 40 hours per week.

Please note the nursery is open from 7:30am-6:30pm, Monday to Friday and so shift patterns will be rotating within these opening hours. Please make sure you can commit to early and late shifts before applying.

"Kids Play Childcare – Doing what’s best for children and our staff"

Kids Play Childcare Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any employment is engaged. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In the event of candidates not being part of the DBS update service, Kids Play Childcare Group will pay for a new disclosure to be carried out, however employees will be responsible for payment to subscribe to the update service. Individuals must register within 14 days of the date of the disclosure, otherwise they must pay for a new disclosure to be done again

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