Role: Early Years Practitioner Level 3
Location: Norwich, Norfolk
Salary: Up to £25,400 per annum
Contract/Hours: Permanent/Full Time - 40 hours per week
Closing date: Midnight on the 5th May 2024
Benefits:
- Annual leave of 25 days public holidays,
- Supported career pathway
- Flexible maternity, adoption and paternity packages,
- Annual staff awards,
- Employer contribution pension scheme,
- Employee discount portal with all your favourite brands
Spring Milecross is a well established nursery with a stimulating, caring and nurturing environment which provides high-quality care and education for children from 0 months to 5 years. We are a dedicated and highly qualified team who are passionate about children's well-being. We are looking for a confident candidate to join our nursery, it goes without saying that you need to love being around children and will have the ambition to make a direct and positive impact on their young lives.
Spring offers award-winning childcare services, as part of the national charity Action for Children. It's our mission to be the best provider of outstanding quality early education to children throughout the UK, that is accessible to all. We are focused on enabling all children to learn, have fun and make friends in our homely and inviting settings. That starts with creating a happy environment for our family team.
Join us and you can look forward to:
- A kind, caring culture with an emphasis on wellbeing, both physical and mental.
- Flexible working - wherever possible we offer flexibility on hours and/or hybrid working.
- Lots of opportunities for training, learning, development, including gaining qualifications.
- Excellent benefits that compare favourably to other employers in our sector.
A bit about the role
We are looking for a fun-loving, caring, and enthusiastic Early Years Practitioner to join our Spring Milecross family. We are looking for a qualified, experienced professional to join us in delivering our vision to provide children with the best care possible through arranging learning opportunities and memorable experiences for all. Our child centred approach sets us apart in the childcare sector, scaffolding on children's interests to spark curiosity and wonder in their everyday life.
If you think this could be you, we would love to hear from you!
Key duties include:
- Supervising children and keeping our active, flexible nursery environment safe and suited to their needs
- Giving children a wide range of stimulating, safe and well-planned activities
- Creating engaging, fun and informative learning opportunities, to help children make excellent progress in the Early Years Foundation Stage.
- Building solid relationships with parents / carers, families and professionals involved with the children
- Meeting each of the children's individual needs, keeping accurate records and regularly communicating with parents / carers.
- Having a positive attitude, making every single day count for the children in our care
About you:
- A Level 3 Early Years and Childcare qualification e.g. NNEB, CACHE, NVQ Level 3 in Childcare and Education or equivalent which is essential for the role
- A passion to learn and develop whether you are newly qualified or an experienced practitioner.
- Full understanding of children's emotional, physical, psychological and educational developmental needs from 0 to 5 years
- A positive attitude with an unwavering commitment to service excellence to allow us to maintain our high standards
We look forward to receiving your application