Nursery Practitioner Level 3- Full Time or Part Time - Penrith, United Kingdom - Lambkins Nursery Ltd

Description

JOB PURPOSE:

To provide inclusive play and learning opportunities for all children attending the nursery and to maintain a safe, stimulating and enjoyable environment.

She/he will be responsible for curriculum planning within the nursery. S/he to offer full and practical support in the day to day running of the nursery.


MAIN DUTIES:

Below is a list of tasks and responsibilities that you are obliged to fulfil in your role as a Nursery Practitioner:

• To assist in providing a safe, supportive and caring environment for young children in the care of Lambkins Day Nursery & Pre-School Centre; to ensure that all aspects of each individual child's development are given full consideration.
• To follow the settings ethos in providing children with new and exciting opportunities in regard to the Curiosity Approach.
• To ensure that clean and hygienic standards are always maintained. This includes daily cleaning rotas, nappy changing and other nursery/housekeeping duties.
• To maintain and always follow all Health and Safety policies and procedures.
• To develop a thorough knowledge of all of the company's operational policies and procedures; ensuring that they are followed and respected at all times.
• To be fully up to date with the requirements of the "Early Years Foundation Stage" and ensure that your practice meets and aims to exceed the requirements.
• To be proactive in the process of activity planning, child observation and development records on a regular basis and as requested by your supervisor and Nursery Manager.
• To follow all routines, duties, timetables, rotas, record keeping activities and any other

- reasonable duty as requested by your supervisor or Nursery Manager.

• To ensure that communication with children, parents and the staff team is always polite and courteous.
• To share relevant information and ensure that information passed between parents and staff is communicated to your supervisor/Nursery Manager as appropriate.
• To be an effective key person to those children assigned to you and to take on other assigned responsibilities, as requested and advised by your supervisor in line with knowledge and experience.
• To maintain confidentiality about all issues related to children and their families; you're own and other staff members issues and any other management or operational issues.
• Involvement and enrolment in company training courses to be undertaken and completed which may, at various times, be outside normal working hours.
• To be involved in developing and delivering a stimulating and creative atmosphere within the group.
• To understand and respect the need for consistency of care for the children report for duty on time, maintain regular attendance, give appropriate notice of holiday requests and report nonattendance through sickness promptly and appropriately.
• To provide staff cover within the nursery group periodically, as requested by the Management team.
• To attend all mandatory training sessions and workshops (as advised by your manager).
• To attend staff meetings, professional development training and any other events as requested by your Nursery Manager.
• To support and mentor colleagues who are studying for NVQ childcare qualifications.
• To maintain the children's safety always when on out of nursery visits and walks including weekly forest school.
• To work with children with additional needs and be able to provide the appropriate level of care for the individual
• To carry out any other reasonable additional duties as requested by your supervisor and/or
• Nursery Manager from time to time.
• To take responsibility for continued professional development by attending courses (inhouse and external), receiving constructive feedback and reading relevant material.

Benefits:

• Onsite parking

Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Part-time hours: 24-38 per week


Benefits:

• Onsite parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

School type:

• Private nursery school

Work Location:
One location

Reference ID: 190220

Expected start date: 20/02/2023