We are an outstanding, family run nursery looking for enthusiastic and inspiring nursery practitioners who are passionate about supporting children and their families to reach their full potentials.
We are looking for someone who is self motivated and interested in making life fun and exciting for all our children. We want you to be able to contribute to our warm, welcoming family atmosphere for children, staff and families.
The right candidates should be able to work co-operatively as part of an established early years team as well as having initiative and be able to create stimulating and visually rich environments.
The setting is open from 7:30 - 6pm with 3 different shifts patterns throughout the day.
In addition we require you to:
- To have good knowledge of legislation relevant to Early Years such as the EYF
- To have a good understanding of play and child development
- To have good understanding of safeguarding and child protection
- To be flexible and willing to take on roles and responsibilities as deemed necessary
- To be able to work on own initiative
- To be able to maintain records for effective planning and assessment.
- To have the ability to empathise, support and nurture children in our care
- To have the ability to communicate effectively with children, parents, colleague’s and a wide range of individuals and organisations
- To be constructive and open to feedback and criticism and act on it
- To be warm, friendly, calm, engaging, approachable, motivated, enthusiastic and professional at all times
- To lead by example
Oakmount Day Nursery is a family run business catering for children aged between 4 months and 5 years.