Early Years Educator - Nature Based Nursery
| Posting date: | 20 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,000 to £265,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 June 2024 |
| Location: | BA15 2QD |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | The Lookout Day Nursery |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
The Lookout Day nursery is based in the beautiful countryside, in Monkton Farleigh near Bath. We opened in September 2020 and have grown from strength to strength in both children numbers, staff team but also the environment we offer for all our children and families. We very proudly were awarded with an 'Outstanding' from OFSTED during our inspection in August 2023.
We are a nature inspired nursery, with a forest school ethos, as well as taking influence from Montessori, Reggio Emilia and Hygge approaches. We believe in a responsibility to the environment, a true passion for nature and the outdoors and all the benefits this brings to the children we care for.
We are a purposefully small setting, small enough to nature each child’s individual needs and interests but big enough to have the knowledge and ambition to inspire the children that anything is possible….
Our Values are to Nurture, Care and Inspire. And we aim to deliver this to all the children with are lucky enough to care for. When children join us they have the time to play and explore, the opportunity to talk and question, wonder and investigate, build the confidence to discover, create, and learn. At The Lookout, you will find spaces full of imagination and creativity that carefully weaves all aspects of learning and development across our indoor and outdoor environments, designed to enable the youngest minds to flourish.
Job description
Early Years Educator / Practitioner
We are looking for a nurturing, caring, and inspiring individual to join our team! The role will be to support children, from 1 to 4 years old, within all other areas of the nursery when needed- learning, care and fun! We are looking for staff with experience, not only in childcare but in the rich tapestry of life.
Your days will be fun, messy, indoors, outdoors, quiet, creative, explorative, child-led and free, but never the same! The early years are a magical time and we want people in our team to harness every child’s individual sparkle! To nurture that seed of magic with love and care to inspire every individual child.
What you will be doing
- Responsible for the delivery of our 'learning through play’ educational ethos
- Responsible for working alongside the growing team of dynamic early years practitioners and
- Being innovative with activities and constantly challenging your children’s learning and development in the moment.
- To be a key person, and a buddy key person, in one of our family groups, carrying out all related responsibilities in building relationships with your key family and their families
- Building and maintaining excellent relationships with parents
- Promoting child welfare and ensure The Lookout Day Nurseries safeguarding policies and procedures are followed
- Working a flexible shift pattern within the opening hours (7.45am-6.30pm): this can be either 40 hours over 4 days or 40 hours over 5 days.
- Working days Monday - Friday
About you
- Passionate about child development and making a difference to the lives of children
- Experience of In the moment Planning or a desire to develop ITMP as a working practice.
- An enjoyment of the great outdoors and hungry to pass on this love of nature to the children and babies you will care for. Have a passion for enabling children to learn where ever and however is best for them.
- Positive (always see the glass half full) with a ‘make it happen’ attitude
- A good team worker – role modelling to the children the benefits of collaboration
- A love for customer service (making parents and our families happy)
- High energy brought to every task you take on, and solution driven approach to problems
- We welcome applications from practitioners qualified to NVQ Level 3 or above in Early Years childcare. Any Forest School qualifications or experience are a bonus but not a requirement, as we train in-house.
Core benefits
- To show our appreciation for your dedication we pay above the industry average. We offer an incomparably beautiful setting for your days, with far reaching views and wonderful countryside. We have worked hard to ensure you'll be working with incredibly friendly and like-minded colleagues.
- Ofsted Outstanding bonus
- Up to 33 days holiday a year. 20 days basic holiday, plus fully paid time off over the Christmas Closing period (between 3-5 days depending on the year) plus 8 bank holidays.
- Funding & paid time off for Level 3 / EYTT/ EY Degrees/Leadership training
- Childcare discount
We are a nature inspired nursery, with a forest school ethos, as well as taking influence from Montessori, Reggio Emilia and Hygge approaches. We believe in a responsibility to the environment, a true passion for nature and the outdoors and all the benefits this brings to the children we care for.
We are a purposefully small setting, small enough to nature each child’s individual needs and interests but big enough to have the knowledge and ambition to inspire the children that anything is possible….
Our Values are to Nurture, Care and Inspire. And we aim to deliver this to all the children with are lucky enough to care for. When children join us they have the time to play and explore, the opportunity to talk and question, wonder and investigate, build the confidence to discover, create, and learn. At The Lookout, you will find spaces full of imagination and creativity that carefully weaves all aspects of learning and development across our indoor and outdoor environments, designed to enable the youngest minds to flourish.
Job description
Early Years Educator / Practitioner
We are looking for a nurturing, caring, and inspiring individual to join our team! The role will be to support children, from 1 to 4 years old, within all other areas of the nursery when needed- learning, care and fun! We are looking for staff with experience, not only in childcare but in the rich tapestry of life.
Your days will be fun, messy, indoors, outdoors, quiet, creative, explorative, child-led and free, but never the same! The early years are a magical time and we want people in our team to harness every child’s individual sparkle! To nurture that seed of magic with love and care to inspire every individual child.
What you will be doing
- Responsible for the delivery of our 'learning through play’ educational ethos
- Responsible for working alongside the growing team of dynamic early years practitioners and
- Being innovative with activities and constantly challenging your children’s learning and development in the moment.
- To be a key person, and a buddy key person, in one of our family groups, carrying out all related responsibilities in building relationships with your key family and their families
- Building and maintaining excellent relationships with parents
- Promoting child welfare and ensure The Lookout Day Nurseries safeguarding policies and procedures are followed
- Working a flexible shift pattern within the opening hours (7.45am-6.30pm): this can be either 40 hours over 4 days or 40 hours over 5 days.
- Working days Monday - Friday
About you
- Passionate about child development and making a difference to the lives of children
- Experience of In the moment Planning or a desire to develop ITMP as a working practice.
- An enjoyment of the great outdoors and hungry to pass on this love of nature to the children and babies you will care for. Have a passion for enabling children to learn where ever and however is best for them.
- Positive (always see the glass half full) with a ‘make it happen’ attitude
- A good team worker – role modelling to the children the benefits of collaboration
- A love for customer service (making parents and our families happy)
- High energy brought to every task you take on, and solution driven approach to problems
- We welcome applications from practitioners qualified to NVQ Level 3 or above in Early Years childcare. Any Forest School qualifications or experience are a bonus but not a requirement, as we train in-house.
Core benefits
- To show our appreciation for your dedication we pay above the industry average. We offer an incomparably beautiful setting for your days, with far reaching views and wonderful countryside. We have worked hard to ensure you'll be working with incredibly friendly and like-minded colleagues.
- Ofsted Outstanding bonus
- Up to 33 days holiday a year. 20 days basic holiday, plus fully paid time off over the Christmas Closing period (between 3-5 days depending on the year) plus 8 bank holidays.
- Funding & paid time off for Level 3 / EYTT/ EY Degrees/Leadership training
- Childcare discount