Nursery Practitioner

We are looking to recruit a Nursery Practitioner Level 3, qualified to join our amazing team.

Little Owls Day Nursery is located in the village of Danbury, near Chelmsford. We are a privately run day nursery, open Monday to Friday for 51 weeks of the year. We offer 'Outstanding' (Ofsted 2023) quality childcare for children aged 3 months to 5 years.

We offer our employees 28 days holidays including bank holidays, free parking and free uniform. We provide regular training days, including a full induction and support for all our employees.

We provide childcare for up to 108 children in our spacious, well resourced Rooms. We also have a spacious purpose built garden area.

Role Description

The successful candidate will need to be caring and professional with experience of working with children aged between 3 months and 2 years. The successful candidate will need to have a passion for early years education as well as lots of enthusiasm for delivering the highest quality practice. With the ability to support children's learning and development, hold strong communication skills both written and verbal and good have knowledge of child development and the EYFS.

This can be a full-time or Part-Time role working up to 40 hours per week on a shift basis, Monday to Friday between 6.45 a.m. and 6.30 p.m.

We will also consider applications from qualified candidates with limited or out of date experience, as training and support will be offered.

Successful applicants will need to provide 'right to work in the UK' documentation, undertake an enhanced DBS check and provide two satisfactory references prior to commencing employment.

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

Pay: £23,000.00-£28,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Childcare
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Chelmsford, Essex: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Nursery: 1 year (required)
• Childcare: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person