Job Description:

Looking for a qualified practitioner role where you’ll feel valued, supported, and part of a fantastic team? Join us at Handkerchief Nursery!!

Location: High Street, Kegworth, DE74 2DA, UK
Annual salary: £26,540.80 per annum
Hours: Perm | 40 hours per week | Monday – Friday

About Us:
Handkerchief Nursery is a vibrant and nature-focused nursery that offers an exciting outdoor forest school experience. Our nursery is home to a variety of animals, and we engage in outdoor activities such as fire-making and nature exploration. We believe in providing stimulating and purposeful learning opportunities for all our children, inviting parents to join in activities and supporting our community. Additionally, all of our children participate in Jo Jingles every week, where they thrive and engage with the music in a fun and stimulating way.

Children's earliest years are fundamental to shape their lifelong outcomes; therefore, we are committed to fostering nurturing environments with high quality teams to deliver exceptional care and education for all our teams and their families.

Why join us?

• Referral Programme: Refer a friend and earn up-to £750

• Employee Childcare Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team members’s

• Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays - Christmas Closure

• Health and Wellbeing: Confidential employee assistance helpline available 

• Career Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
  

As a Nursery Practitioner, you will:

• Ensure that each child’s individual needs are met and a high standard of professional care and education is delivered in a caring, safe and secure environment in which all children can play, learn and develop.

• Observe, assess and plan an interesting, stimulating and challenging range of early years activities which supports each child’s individual learning and development needs and abilities.

• Engage as a professional member of the team, exhibiting a flexible attitude and willingness to develop new skills

• Ensure that company policies and procedures are read, applied, regularly reviewed and adhered to by all

• Follow risk assessments diligently and report all health and safety matters to management.

• Enhance the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development
  

As a 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.
Handkercheif Nursery 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.

Why Join Us? (Family First Nurseries)
We truly value our team and offer an excellent benefits package, including:
As a Nursery Practitioner, you will:
*Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.
As a Nursery Practitioner, you will need: