Nursery Practitioner

The role of the Nursery Practitioner is to ensure all children receive high quality care, are kept safe and are provided with planned and stimulating play experiences which meet their individual needs and support all aspects of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum.

Read more about our Nursery Practitioner Jobs in Wembley below.

• Relevant skills for working with groups of children 0-5 years.
• The ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children.
• An ability to carry out light physical duties to include lifting babies and children, housekeeping tasks and setting up resources.
• Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours.
• A positive attitude to use of authority and maintaining discipline.
• Able to communicate effectively with adults and children.
• Good organisational skills.
• A willingness to learn and abide by the nursery policies and procedures.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Able to demonstrate reliability and initiative.
• A professional attitude and manner.
• An enthusiastic approach to work.
• Flexibility to cope with the changing needs of the nursery.
• The ability to work as part of a team, developing positive relationships with parents, children, colleagues and outside agencies.
• A willingness to adhere to the nursery code of conduct.

Experience Required:

• Minimum 2 years teaching/early years childcare is (Essential)
• Educated to GCSE level with passes in four or more subjects two of which are English and Maths (Essential)
• Childcare qualified to Level 3, 4 from a recognised awarding scheme (CWDC Diploma, NNEB, BTEC, NVQ, CACHE) (desirable)
• Training in the Early Years Foundation Stage (Desirable) Training in child protection and safeguarding children (Desirable)
• Training in behaviour management (Desirable)
• A recent paediatric First Aid certificate (Desirable)
• Fluency in written and spoken French (Desirable)
• Fluency in written and spoken English AND French and an ability to write reports as directed by the manager (Desirable)