Menu
Warning This job advert has expired and applications have closed.

Early Years Practitioner

Job details
Posting date: 14 February 2025
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 16 March 2025
Location: dt4 9pj
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Chipmunks Day Nursery
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 140225

Summary

We are looking for a qualified practitioner who has a passion in Childcare to join our fun, lively, bubbly, compassionate team of practitioners. This role will mostly be with our under 3 year olds.
Purpose of post
• To provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for all children in the nursery
• To ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety is promoted
• To give support to other team members throughout the nursery
• To work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn and develop.

Key areas
• Work with and support children
• Work as part of a team
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with parents.

Responsible to
Nursery Manager/Team Leader

Duties and responsibilities
• Operate a programme of activities that meet the individual needs and interests of children in your area in conjunction with other team members
• To keep records of your key children’s development and learning journeys and share this with parents, carers and other key adults in the child’s life
• To follow the nursery safeguarding procedure to ensure all children are kept safe, well and secure
• Support all staff and engage in a good staff team
• Liaise with and support parents and other family members
• To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, parent evening, fundraising events etc.
• To be flexible within working practices of the nursery. Be prepared to help where needed, including to undertake certain domestic jobs within the nursery, e.g. preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment etc.
• Work alongside the Manager and staff team to ensure that the nursery’s philosophy is fulfilled
• Read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role as deemed appropriate by the Manager
• Recording accidents in the accident book. Ensure the Duty Manager has initialled the report before parents receives it
• Look upon the nursery, as a “whole” where can your help be most utilised? Be constantly aware of the individual needs of all children
• Ensure someone known and agreed by the nursery and parent collects the child
• To respect the confidentiality of all information received.