Senior Nursery Practitioner - Hurstpierpoint, United Kingdom - Kiddie Capers Childcare

Kiddie Capers Childcare

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Hurstpierpoint, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

What we're looking for:

We're looking for a Level 3 Senior practitioner full time to join our team at Hurstpierpoint. Our full-time hours are 40, 45 or 50 hours (your choice), working shifts across a 5-day week. Being a family business, we understand the need to work around your family too. The hourly rate for this role is £14.50.

Kiddie Capers Hurstpierpoint is rated 'Good' by Ofsted and is set in a small local village with access to local parks and a recreation ground surrounding it.

We provide forest school sessions that allow the children to discover and explore the outdoors, promoting children's confidence and independence, as well as allowing them to risk take in a safe environment.

We have a specific baby area for children between 0-2 years, providing them with enabling resources and sensory materials to learn and flourish.

Our preschool area is designed to meet the needs of children aged 2-5 years, providing stimulating and creative environments for them to continue to grow and learn new skills.

We also provide resources for them to become ready for their school transition.

Our outdoor garden space is enclosed and private with many opportunities for developing understanding of the world and its surroundings including a sand pit, baby garden, kitchen area and we also take trips around the village using local transport and exploring our surrounding areas.

Our New and Improved Key Benefits:

Attendance bonus paid monthly.
Sick Pay
Amazing discounts across retail, leisure and utilities.
Termly Employee Appreciation Incentives.
Wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme that offers phone, online and face to face support.
Your Birthday off after 1 years' service.
Increased holiday allowance with length of service.
Discounted childcare across our sites of 50%.
Free parking on site.
Development opportunities in a rapidly growing company.
We will help and fund relevant study and qualifications.

The Company
Kiddie Capers Childcare is a growing, Mid-Sussex company, operating multiple Nurseries & Preschools. We offer warm and friendly environments, where children feel safe and secure.

At Kiddie Capers we give our children a safe, happy, and creative environment where they are inspired and encouraged to develop new ideas and interests.

We value their uniqueness and recognise their individual learning needs, so that they can grow in confidence and independence in preparation not only for school, but for life.

Our stimulating learning conditions and challenging curriculum ensures each child achieves their full potential.

We create a caring ethos, where we encourage respect for each other and for the environment, whilst adding to the life and well-being of our local community.

Our strong partnerships with families and the wider local community, creates an open and welcoming surrounding that promotes equality and values diversity.

Our Values

Celebrating Diversity
Respect & Empathy for the Individual
Quality of Care
A Passion for Integrity
Teamwork

Main Duties

Ensuring that high standards of care and education are provided to the children.

This includes ensuring that the following policies and procedures are upheld:

Staff effectively deployed throughout the nursery.
Fire equipment checks including smoke alarm testing.
Daily fire escape route checks.
Ensure food hygiene standards are being maintained.
Ensure security of the children and premises are upheld.
Liaising with parents/carers as appropriate.
Accurately maintain the nursery's database, registers and documentation concerning health and safety and child protection.
Uphold the nursery's confidentiality policy.
Ensure that the nursery's planning for the individual needs of each child is maintained to a high standard.
Any other task that could be reasonably expected of a manager.
Deputise for the Nursery Manager in their absence.
Understand and fully implement the nursery's policies and procedures.
Oversee the implementation and delivery of the EYFS.
Participate in professional development and training.
Mentor staff to ensure the policies and values of the nursery management are understood and implemented.
Share good childcare practice with colleagues, display exemplary behaviour and act as a role model to junior staff.
Provide high quality care and activities for children which recognise both individual and group requirements in a secure, safe and stimulating environment.
Organise activities, both inside and outside the nursery, which encourages creativity, development, coordination, independence, selfexpression, and learning through play.
Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the EYFS framework (including the Safeguarding & Welfare Requirements), for guidance in your practice.
Work in partnership with parents and carers, recognising that parents are their children's first educators, and encourage parental involvement