Level 3 Nursery Practitioner

Join us as a Level 3 Nursery Practitioner and help create a safe, nurturing and inspiring environment where children can flourish, while working within a supportive and forward-thinking team. We offer wrap around care between the hours of 07:30-18:00 for children between 6 weeks to 5 years. We are offering full time (42 hours) and part time positions (30 hours) with opportunities to progress and develop in your career.

We are incredibly proud to have been awarded “Outstanding” in our most recent Ofsted inspection – recognition of the expectational care, education, safeguarding and leadership that our team provides every day!

What will my day look like?

· Manage mealtimes by serving healthy snacks and lunches

· Supervise feeding to ensure safety and manage food allergies

· Execute hygiene tasks including regular nappy changes and toilet training

· Coordinate sleep times by setting up quiet areas and comforting children.

· Maintain immaculate spaces through continuous toy sanitisation and room tidying

· Work as a team to deliver excellent care for our children

· Lead creative sessions featuring messy play, arts, crafts and sensory tasks

· Run circle time using interactive story telling, singing and group games

· Facilitate safe outdoor play to develop gross motor schools

· Observe individual children to track developmental milestones

· Update Famly with daily photos and notes

· Report safeguarding concerns immediately to senior staff

· Conduct handovers to parents in a professional manner briefing parents/care givers on the childs day (achievments, behaviour, mood etc)

· Attend staff meetings to share best practices, discuss upcoming events and educational conversations

What experience do you need to work at Traquinas?

· Level 3 Early years qualification with experience working in a nursery setting

· A positive, forward thinking attitude

· Dedicated and enthusiastic towards supporting our children’s expectations and achievements

· Clear Enhanced DBS check

Benefits of working at Traquinas

· Excellent career progression opportunities across the 3 settings

· Educational trips (previous events have included EPOP festival and The Reggio Emilia approach educational trip)

· Social events

· Access to discounted childcare (including holiday club in non term time for school aged children)

· Blue light card discount offering discount at hundreds of retailers

· Wisdom Super Care overview (includes access to 24/7 GP, financial support, legal advice, menopause care, life and leadership coaching)

· Regular staff incentives (recent incentives have included fun social media competitions with the winner able to chose a dinner location of their choice paid for by Traquinas)

· Competitive salary and performance incentives

If you are searching for a new opportunity, want to progress or simply want to explore the possibility of a new opportunity then we would love to hear from you. We can offer informal interviews/tours, introduce you to our team and help you discover what its like to work at Traquinas.

Pay: £13.00 per hour

Expected hours: 30.0 – 42.0 per week

Work Location: In person