Senior Nursery Practitioner - Haywards Heath, United Kingdom - Kiddie Capers Childcare

Kiddie Capers Childcare
Kiddie Capers Childcare
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Haywards Heath, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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What we're looking for:


New Nursery We're looking for a Level 3 Senior Practitioner full time 40 hrs to join our new team at The Garden Room. Being a family business, we understand the need to work around your family too.

Kiddie Capers Garden Room is a warm and nurturing nursery nestled in the heart of Haywards Heath. Our unique garden room setting provides a delightful environment for children to explore, learn, and grow.

We are proud to be situated within Age UK, fostering intergenerational connections that enrich the lives of both our little ones and Age UK residents.

We are lucky to have a forest school environment directly on site, giving us the ability to encourage outdoor exploration and a love for nature.

At Kiddie Capers, we pride ourselves on our engaging and educational outings. We believe that hands-on experiences outside the nursery walls enhance children's learning and development.

Through regular outings to local parks, libraries, and other educational venues, we expose children to new environments, fostering their curiosity and broadening their knowledge.


Key benefits:


  • Attendance bonus paid monthly.
  • 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
  • Sick Pay
  • Increased holiday allowance with length of service
  • Discounted childcare across all of our sites and clubs 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 are a growing, Mid-Sussex group, with multiple Nurseries & Preschools. We are owned and operated by two local families.

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.

At Kiddie Capers we truly believe in living our values every day, our values are,

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

Main Duties

  • Ensure 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 in the nursery
  • Be aware of Safeguarding issues and follow the nursery's Safeguarding procedures.
  • Ensure close monitoring of children about whom there are concerns
  • Work in partnership with other early years professionals and outside agencies.
  • Prepare and serve food and drinks for children, encou
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