Nursery Practitioner

Exciting Opportunity: Nursery Practitioner- Level 3

Location: Play Away Day Nursery, 1-5 Chapel Road, West End, Southampton SO30 3FE

Salary: £28,225 per annum
Hours: Full-Time, Permanent (40 hours per week) Part-time hours may be considered for the right candidate.

West End Day Nursery is a unique and inspiring early years setting, spread across three spacious buildings. Our beautiful playrooms feature large windows that flood the space with natural light, creating a warm and engaging environment for children. 
Conveniently located in a residential area, our nursery offers free on-site parking for staff and excellent transport links, ensuring easy access. Hatch Grange is also right next door, giving staff a peaceful outdoor space to relax and unwind during their breaks.

Why Choose Us?

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus your birthday

Childcare Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for team members.

Health and Wellbeing: Access to a confidential employee assistance helpline.

Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth and progression.

Company Pension: Secure your future with our competitive pension scheme!

Referral Program: Earn bonuses for bringing great new colleagues into our family!

Onsite Parking: Access to free onsite Parking

Company Events: Enjoy team-building activities, social gatherings, and special celebrations!: 

Career Progression Opportunities!

Your Role

As a Pracitioner you will:

Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development

Enhance the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development

Assist staff in updating the EyLog system and their child learning journals with the highest quality

Promote respect and credibility for this position by leading as a role model with impartiality and consistency

Assist with embedding an effective key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and identify training or development needs for staff

Maintain accurate records and accounts relating to children and staff on EyMan system and on file

Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all times

Understand and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS are met

What We’re Looking For

A Level 3 childcare qualification (essential).

Fluent in written and spoken English (essential).

At least one year of experience working in Early Years.

Knowledge of the EYFS framework and regulatory requirements.

Right to work in the UK-Vaild Passport or Settled or Pre-Settled under the EU settlement Scheme.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

Play Away Day Nursery-West End is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group