Monkey Puzzle Chesham are looking for fantastic L3 Nursery Practitioners to join our nursery team and help to provide outstanding education and early years childcare for our children.
Why Us?
As part of Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries, you will be joining our caring, welcoming and supportive team. Our vision is to inspire change through excellence in childcare, creating a positive impact for generations to come.
For over 20 years, Monkey Puzzle has been providing children the highest quality of care with unlimited opportunities to grow, learn, develop and flourish in our safe and secure environments.
Key Responsibilites
To provide the highest levels of care and education for all children attending the setting.
- Adhere to all company policies and procedures
- Contribute to a high standard of quality within the nursery, including practice, environment and resources to meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage
- Ensure appropriate planning and assessment is accurately maintained for key children
- Undertake the role of key person as described in the policy
- Prepare and supervise activities
- Supervise and support children at all times
- Ensure that equality of access and opportunity is provided to all children, parents, staff and visitors
- Ensure that all children are kept safe
- Notify Designated Officer of any safeguarding concerns
- Maintain a positive attitude at all times with children, parents, colleagues and visitors
- Develop and maintain professional working relationships with colleagues, parents and carers
- Ensure confidentiality, where appropriate, is maintained
- Adhere to all health and safety policies and procedures and undertake a shared responsibility for cleanliness and health and safety throughout the nursery
- Work as part of a team to ensure the company’s values are maintained
- Attend monthly staff meetings, planning meetings and undertake training as required
- Undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by line manager
The duties and responsibilities included in this job specification are not exhaustive or restrictive and can be reviewed at any time in the future, changes and other duties deemed relevant to this post may be added.
Why you?
- You have a positive attitude and creative ideas that inspire children to learn
- You are passionate about providing high standards of care and education to meet the individual needs of all children.
- You take pride in maintaining positive working partnerships with colleagues, parents and carers.
- You recognise the importance of adhering to all company policies and procedures.
- You have good verbal and written communication skills
Benefits
- Probation pass reward with a £200 gift card
- Birthday off
- 20 days annual leave + bank/public holidays
- Annual Salary Review
- Annual Performance Bonus
- Additional days holiday days for every 2 years service
- 2 annual inset training days
- Free Breakfast on the early open shift
- Employee of the Month Reward
- 50% Childcare Discount
- Continued opportunities for professional growth
- Access to our engaging online training platform
- Company Events/Team Bonding Socials
- Staff Appreciation Rewards
- Employee referral scheme
Essentials
- Minimum full and relevant Level 3 Early Years qualification
- Paediatric First Aid
- Basic Safeguarding
- Room Leader Experience
- Ability to write reports and keep clear and accurate records
- Ability to write clear objective observations
- Excellent planning and organising
- Strong leadership
- Excellent communicator
- Able to motivate, manage and work productively within a team
- Ability to comprehend, impart and adhere to a strict set of policies and procedures
- Working with and supporting parents
- Effective time management
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Able to maintain confidentiality
- Excellent working knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage
- Excellent knowledge of the current Early Years Inspection Framework
- Thorough knowledge of and appreciation for child safeguarding and welfare
- Strong understanding of health and safety and practical hygiene issues
Great to haves
- Food and Hygiene Level 2
- Prevent Duty
- FGM
- Designated Safeguarding Lead
- Safer Recruitment
- Emergency First Aid At Work
- Early Years Leadership and Management qualification i.e. City and Guilds Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for the Children’s & Young People’s Workforce
- SENDCO
- Self Regulation
- Able to work confidently with SEND
- Calm in all circumstances
- Able to work on own initiative
- Evidence of ongoing personal development
- Recruit, induct, support, train and appraise all staff to ensure delivery of high-quality childcare practice
- Knowledge of digital learning platforms; i.e, FAMLY, Learning Book, Tapestry etc.
- Working with outside agencies
- Strong IT skills
- Knowledge of the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice and the required support systems put in place
