Early Years Practitioner

Overview
We are seeking a passionate and energetic Early Years Practitioner to join our team. In this vital role, you will be responsible for providing high-quality care and early childhood education to young children, fostering their development in a safe, engaging, and supportive setting. Your leadership and management skills will help create a positive learning environment that encourages curiosity, creativity, and social growth.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver engaging activities that promote early childhood development in line with educational standards
• Supervise and support children’s daily routines, ensuring their safety and well-being at all times
• Foster strong relationships with children, parents, and colleagues through clear communication and active engagement
• Manage classroom resources efficiently, maintaining a clean and organized learning environment
• Lead by example in implementing best practices in childcare, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations
• Support the professional development of team members through mentorship and constructive feedback
• Maintain accurate records of children's progress, attendance, and developmental milestones

Skills

• To effectively deliver the EYFS ensuring that the individual needs and interests of children in the nursery are met (in conjunction with other team members).
• To keep records of your key children’s development and learning journeys and share with parents, carers and other key adults in the child’s life.
• Support all staff and engage in a good staff team.
• To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communication with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs.
• To ensure the provision of a high quality environment to meet the needs of individual children having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures and medical histories.
• To advise manager/deputy of any concerns, e.g. over children, parents, the safety of the environment, preserving confidentiality as necessary.
• To be flexible within working practices of the setting, undertaking other responsible duties where needed, such as domestic tasks, preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment, etc.
• To work alongside the manager and staff team to ensure that the nursery’s philosophy and ethos are fulfilled.
• To read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role and the safe running of the nursery.
• To develop your role within the team, especially with regard to being a key person
• To keep completely confidential any information regarding the children, their families or other staff that is acquired as part of the job.
• To be aware of the high profile of the nursery and to uphold its standards at all times, both in work hours and outside.
• To support nursery assistants, students and volunteers.
• To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times.
• To undertake and lead on additional responsibilities such as SENCO, training co-ordinator, festivals co-ordinator etc.

Closing date: Monday 25th September 2026 @ 5pm.

Charity registration no: 1145333

OFSTED registration no:2561534

For an application pack email: [email protected] or [email protected]

For more information visit; www.cbo786.co.uk

Pay: £12.71 per hour

Expected hours: 30.0 per week

Work Location: In person