Early Years Assistant

Ramsey Nursery 

Hours: Full Time hours - 37 hours per week

Salary: £13.74 per hour

Ramsey Nursery, part of the Family First group, is a warm, welcoming setting where children are encouraged to explore, discover, and thrive through meaningful, play-based learning. We are passionate about creating inspiring environments that support curiosity, creativity, and children's natural desire to learn.

Our nursery is thoughtfully designed with dedicated spaces that allow children to explore their interests freely. Whether it's getting creative in the art area, engaging in imaginative role play, or enjoying sensory and heuristic play, there is something for everyone. Our approach supports in-the-moment planning, ensuring children's interests lead their learning and development.

Being based within a lovely community, we make the most of our surroundings by incorporating regular outdoor experiences. Our spacious outdoor areas provide opportunities for children to enjoy fresh air, physical activity, and hands-on learning. From mud kitchens and sand play to gardening and nature exploration, we encourage children to develop confidence, independence, and a love of the outdoors.

At Ramsey Nursery, we pride ourselves on our supportive and friendly team environment. Many of our team members have been with us for several years, creating a strong sense of stability and community. When you join us, you become part of a team that values your ideas, supports your development, and encourages you to grow in your career.

We offer:

A welcoming and supportive team environment

A thorough induction and buddy system

Ongoing professional development and training opportunities

Opportunities to contribute ideas and shape practice

A strong focus on wellbeing and work-life balance

If you are a passionate Level 3 Nursery Practitioner looking to join a nurturing and inspiring setting, we would love to hear from you and welcome you to the Ramsey Nursery family.

Requirements

Full and relevant Level 3 childcare qualification – essential

Fluent in written and spoken English - essential

Over 1 year’s experience of working in Early Years - desirable

Knowledge of the Statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements - desirable

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

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

Ensure the highest levels of cleanliness and hygiene in the nursery and promote these daily in every routine.

Undertake any other duties to ensure the smooth running of the nursery, and the safety and wellbeing of children, staff, and families.

Maintain strictly professional relationships and report any complaints or concerns to management in accordance with company policy and procedures.

Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent.

Attend regular team meetings to ensure that you remain updated on key priorities, changes, developments and regularly review company policies and procedures.

Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

Benefits

Why Join Us?

At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

· Annual leave: 24 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays and an extra paid day off for your birthday

· Childcare discount: 75% off nursery fees for team members

· Wellbeing support: Access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme helpline

· Learning and development: Tailored training and development opportunities to support your career growth

· Pension: Company pension scheme

· Employee discounts: Access to Perkaboo employee discounts

· Mentoring: Employee mentoring programme

· Health and wellbeing: Dedicated health and wellbeing support

· Refer a Friend scheme: Earn up to £750 through our referral programme

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.

Ramsey Nursery 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