Nursery Practitioner

We are currently hiring for a Nursery Nurse in our 54- place home from home setting in Maidstone (ME16)! Our nursery offers a home from home environment for children ages 0-5 years old. The nursery features a beautiful outdoor garden, completed with tricycles, climbing equipment, slides, and is well resources for all weathers! We are located a 15 minute walk from Maidstone West station.

Main Tasks and Duties: Promote and follow guidelines implemented for managing behaviour including and supporting children to manage their own feelings, You have the responsibility to ensure the children you care for are fully supervised and remain safe and well and you lead by example and drive the culture of Safeguarding Children, Providing strong clear communication and partnership with your team members to ensure you are meeting the needs of all of the children within your care, Demonstrate a clear understanding of efficient staff deployment and child supervision in line policies and procedures and with regulatory standards, Supervise and support in the preparation of meal times in line with policies and procedures to ensure high supervision of children is maintained at all times, Risk assessing all areas a child can access to ensure all areas of the nursery are safe for children and remove any risks identified. Lead by example in daily tasks of keeping children safe ie. picking up coats, sweeping sand from the floor.
Fulfil their roles, responsibilities and legislation duty in relation to safeguarding children by ensuring that you have read understood and implement the Safeguarding Policies and Procedures, Ensure that you have completed Child Protection training every two years as set out in the Child Protection Policy and that this training impacts on your ability to safeguard the children in your care, Undertake suitable professional development activities and opportunities for personal growth within a culture of self-driven development and expertise in all aspects of nursery development and learning, to maintain a highly effective, motivation and an innovative team member with perspectives of 'best practice'. Delivery of the highest quality Early Childhood practice and experiences for all children in the setting, including those with Special Educational Needs and/or Disability, promoting emotional wellbeing, Highly motivated and driven, supporting with information for children's record keeping and assessments, Supporting with the completion accurate and effective assessments, which reflect the needs, interests and stages of development of the child by effective delivery of the key person approach, Support to ensure children within your key person group are meeting their milestones for personal development, To provide support for your colleagues within the nursery and across the broader business when required, Attendance at staff meetings and training sessions to ensure continuous professional development.

Our Candidate Requirements are a Level 3+ in childcare, 1 years experience a nursery setting as a key person, Knowledge of the EYFS and also Ofsted requirements, Able to communicate well with parents/carers well, Able to manage a workload

When working at our setting we can offer you fantastic benefits including: £19,000 - £21,000 per annum, Free uniform, Training & progression opportunities, Cycle to work scheme, Comany pension scheme, Additional Leave

To apply for this role please call Rachel on 0203 691 8828 or pop your cv over to [email protected]


If you are interested in this Full Time Nursery Nurse Job in Kent, please apply now.