Job description

Position: Nursery Nurse

Nursery: Handkerchief Nursery

Salary: From £22,880 per year

Hours: Perm | 40 hours per week | Monday – Friday

Location: Kegworth, Derby DE74 2DA

About Us:

We are part of the Family First Nurseries Group, whose nurseries are all uniquely different, but all have the same core focus; to offer outstanding care, with the safety and wellbeing of all our staff, children and parents being our number one priority.

As a Nursery Nurse you will be joining a hardworking and motivated team who care passionately about the children in our care. We are open to new ideas and are keen for candidates to further help us improve the learning experience of our children. As a Nursery Nurse we are looking for someone to help create amazing experiences for the children within our care.

What we need from you?

- Passion and commitment for working in childcare

- Ability to work shifts between 7.00-6.00pm Monday to Friday working 40 hours per week

- Commitment to continual development

- Have sound Knowledge of EYFS

- NNEB, BTEC Nat Dip, CACHE Dip in Childcare, NVQ level 3, EY Educator

Benefits

- 50% off nursery fees for our team member’s children and up to 25% for grandchildren/friends/families

- Progression plans for all staff

- Team fun days and award events to thank and celebrate our wonderful teams

- A chill-out team room with refreshments, snacks and cosy areas

- Bike to work scheme and one-off contribution of £50 to help you buy a bike for work commute and the remaining amount can be repaid through a salary sacrifice scheme.

- Employee assistance helpline offering confidential counselling and advisory service from qualified and trained experts 24/7, including face to face counselling sessions where needed.

All positions are subject to enhanced DBS clearance and satisfactory references

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.

Handkerchief Nursery is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group

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Job Type: Full-time

Salary: From £11.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

School type:

• Day nursery

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Derby, DE74 2DA: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Nursery: 1 year (preferred)
• Childcare: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Level 3 Early Years Qualification (required)

Work Location: One location