Nursery Practitioner - Level 3

The Dulwich Day Nursery & Pre-School SE6 4LP

Nursery Practitioner Level 3

Room: 6months - 2 Years 

Salary: £13.26 Per Hour

Hours - Full time and Part time hours available.

At Dulwich Day Nursery & Pre-School, we believe in creating an environment where children can grow, learn, and explore freely. We have a lovely outdoor space and enjoy taking the children on little adventures—whether it's a trip to the post box or a stroll to the local shops. Our mission is to provide a warm, supportive atmosphere that fosters each child's development, curiosity, and love for learning. At Dulwich Day Nursery & Pre-School, we believe in creating an environment where children can grow, learn, and explore freely. We have a lovely outdoor space and enjoy taking the children on little adventures—whether it's a trip to the post box or a stroll to the local shops. Our mission is to provide a warm, supportive atmosphere that fosters each child's development, curiosity, and love for learning.

As a Nursery Practitioner, you will:

• 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.

As a Nursery Practitioner, you will need:

• Full and relevant Level 3 childcare qualification - essential
• Fluent in written and spoken English - essential
• Knowledge of the Statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements - desirable

Why Join Us?

At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to:

• Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus 8 bank holidays / pro-rated.
• Birthday – Day off every year.
• Childcare Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team members.
• Wellbeing: Confidential employee assistance helpline available.
• Mental Health First Aiders – Support given when required.
• Career Development: We are dedicated to supporting your career growth and development.  We can assist you with training and one-to-one support to help you achieve your career aspirations.
• Company Pension.
• Refer a friend scheme.

* All perks are pro-rata for part time staff and subject to successful completion of probationary period. These perks may be subject to further conditions and can be withdrawn or reviewed at the discretion of the company

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.

The Dulwich Day Nursery & Pre-School 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.