Nursery Practitioner

AristoTots Nurseries are a small, well-established group of individual nurseries, managed by a loyal team of staff. We are proud to offer a home-from-home environment with excellent resources for our children, their families and our staff.

Our team are offered continuous professional development in a wonderful environment with a true feeling of being part of a family.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Building safe, secure and enabling relationships with all children
• Planning, observing and assessing your key children
• Providing a safe, stimulating and engaging environment for all children
• Bringing an enthusiastic, motivational and positive approach to your role
• Celebrating diversity within the nursery and working together to provide Outstanding care and education
• Creating a supportive professional partnership with all families allowing children to reach their full potential
• Working as a member of the team to provide a safe, caring & stimulating environment in line with the EYFS
• Providing a wide range of activities for children and babies
• Ensuring all records on paper & tablets are kept up to date
• Maintaining the high levels of cleanliness and hygiene
• Keeping up to date with any training and regularly reviewing the nursery polices
• Carrying out any other duties requested by the nursery/deputy manager

Requirements or Skills:

• A valid Level 3 Early Years Qualification is essential
• Experience in an Early Years setting is desirable
• A caring nature
• Can be a positive role model to the children within your care
• Good communication skills
• An ability to adapt to change and willingness to contribute and be part of a busy team

Benefits:

• Childcare fee discounts for all staff, from 50% upwards depending on role
• Team events and celebrations 
• Long service awards
• Weekly 'Wellbeing' treats 
• Continuous Professional Development
• Pension Scheme

AristoTots Nursery School is committed to Safer Recruitment practices. All successful candidates will be subject to comprehensive referencing and an enhanced DBS among other pre-employment checks and a thorough induction before commencing employment. AristoTots Nursery School is an equal opportunities employer.

The safety and wellbeing of our children is paramount.

Successful applicants will need to provide ‘right to work in the UK’ documentation and evidence of any relevant qualifications you hold, undertake a DBS check and provide satisfactory references, prior to commencing employment with us. If your application is successful, our management team will support you through our induction process, to ensure a smooth and enjoyable start to your new working family.