Job Description

Jo Jo's Day Care Nursery Limited are currently recruiting for an experienced Nursery Practitioner to work in our 'baby room' in a busy Early Years setting in Herne Bay, Kent.

Our nursery is currently rated as 'Good' by Ofsted with the aim of becoming 'Outstanding' in our next inspection! We are looking for a team player to work aside our qualified and experienced staff in the Pre-School Room.

The successful applicant will be passionate about working in childcare and especially babies.

You will have the experience of working in a busy nursery or early years environment and have a good understanding of best practice.

You will be a self-motivated, flexible individual, who can work well within a team or on your own.

This is a full time, permanent position, working Monday to Friday, all year round.

This is NOT a Term Time Only position.

Due to a high level of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted.

Skills and experience:

Minimum CACHE level 3, NVQ level 3 or equivalent

A minimum of 2 years' experience of working in a day care setting as a practitioner and preferably experience working in a Pre School Room.

Previous experience of working with babies

Previous experience of caring for children aged 0-5

An understanding of how children learn, and the early learning goals

A passion to provide high quality childcare

A positive approach to your own professional development

Good written and verbal skills - for report writing, maintaining written records and sharing information with parents and colleagues

Your day-to-day tasks will include:

Planning and delivering activities

Being a key worker and completing profile's .

Sharing information about your children's development with parents or carers.

Taking children on outings; completing risk assessments

Personal care routines

Observing children and writing reports

Making sure children are happy, safe and well

Personal qualities:

An ability to plan and prepare exciting and challenging activities for individuals and groups of children to promote their learning

Flexibility

Excellent communication skills; with children, parents/carers and colleagues

Punctuality

Reliable and trustworthy

Confidence, commitment, enthusiasm and warmth - ensuring the children get the best care and start to their early learning.

An ability to work as part of a team

You will need to demonstrate:

A commitment to the company ethos of valuing children's uniqueness and promoting partnership working

A basic knowledge of other relevant legislation including the Health and Safety, Food Hygiene, Fire, Equalities etc

An ability to effectively prioritise your work and manage your time to meet targets and deadlines.

An ability to ensure that all company policies and procedures are implemented to the highest standards

Effective communication skills and Outstanding customer service skills

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 8.60-11.55 per hour

Benefits:

Company events Company pension
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Experience:

Nursery: 2 years (required)
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Baby Room Worker