Nursery Practitioner

Established in 2004, Little Owls is a purpose-built day nursery and pre-school located in the heart of the Danbury countryside and less than 2 miles from the Chelmsford park and ride.

At Little Owls, we are committed to ensuring your child’s individual needs are fully catered for. Our childcare providers aim to deliver individualised learning and development opportunities to enhance the experiences of your child and give them the best possible start into school life.

We promote enjoyable and purposeful play that encourages learning and development in a safe, relaxed, healthy and fun atmosphere whilst encouraging discovery, wonder, adventure, challenge and a strong sense of belonging.

Vacancy

• 40 hours
• Shift patterns: 10 hour shifts, 4 days per week or 8 hour shifts, 5 days per week
• Salary: £24,000 to £28,000
• L3 Childcare qualification
• L2 applicants may be considered

Benefit Overview:
Bupa EAPPlus

As part of our commitment to supporting your overall wellbeing, employees are entitled to access theBupa EAPPlus (Employee Assistance Programme). This benefit is designed to provide confidential, 24/7 support for a wide range of personal and professional challenges.

• 24/7 Confidential Support:
  Access to trained counsellors and advisors any time, day or night.
• Mental Health Support:
  Assistance with stress, anxiety, depression, and emotional wellbeing.
• Workplace Guidance:
  Help with managing work-related stress, conflict, and performance concerns.
• Legal and Financial Advice:
  Free consultations on legal matters, debt management, and budgeting.
• Family and Relationship Support:
  Guidance on parenting, elder care, and relationship challenges.
• Digital Wellbeing Tools:
  Access to online CBT-based programmes via Silver Cloud Health.
• Family Access:
  Immediate family members (aged 16+ and living at the same address) can also use the service.

Key Responsibilites

Promoting the Nursery

a)
Maintain positive links with parents/guardians and within the local community

b)
Effectively communicate information to prospective customers and provide guidance, support and reassurance to parents / guardians.

Care and Child Development

a)
Implement and maintain high quality working practices to create an exceptional learning environment for all children within our care

b)
Promoting the welfare of the children and ensure the children are kept safe and Child Protection Procedures are followed where necessary. To support the implementation of the curriculum in line with the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), Ofsted registration and Inspection criteria.

c)
Facilitate the nursery’s learning environment and resources in order to facilitate the learning process, through effective planning in line with the Nursery’s curriculum.

d)
Support the nursery in its delivery of EYFS, with special responsibility for coordinating principles or associated aspects relating to the Early Years Foundation Stage across the whole of the nursery.

e)
To ensure all knowledge and information relating to their area of responsibility is kept up to date and to disseminate relevant information to the whole team.

f)
Meeting requirements for the planning, observation, assessment and recording of children’s development.

g)
Ensuring records of progress are maintained.

h)
Maintain effective planning, assessment and record keeping.

i)
Ensure parents/carers are kept fully informed and included in record keeping, monitoring and reviewing the progress of their child.

j)
Establish and maintain relationships with the children to facilitate their learning and development and maintain relationships with parents and carers to further support the children.

k)
Interacting with and supporting children to foster enthusiasm for learning.

l)
Promote the use of informed observation and other strategies to monitor children’s activity, development and progress systematically and carefully and to use this information to inform, plan and improve practice and provision.

m)
Prepare and use a range of resources suitable for children’s ages, interests and abilities taking into account of diversity promoting equality and inclusion.

n)
Promote children’s rights, equality, inclusion and anti-discriminatory practice in all…