Cherrystone Nursery.
Nursery Assistant
40 hours per week
Monday-Thursday, All year round
Salary: upto £26,436.80
Cherrystone Nursery is a warm and dedicated day nursery and preschool for children aged 3 months to 5 years, located in the heart of Stoneleigh, Surrey. Following an exciting garden refurbishment, the nursery now offers two large, age specific outdoor spaces for 0-2s and 2-5s. Featuring a brand new climbing frame, growing patch, wendy house and creative art area to inspire exploration and play. Inside, children enjoy five large, spacious rooms designed to spark curiosity and support every stage of development. With convenient onsite parking, just a short walk from Stoneleigh Broadway and moments from Stoneleigh station and only minutes from a local bus stop, Cherrystone Nursery provides an accessible, nurturing enviorment where children can learn, grow and thrive.
We are currently seeking a Nursery Practitioner to join our team. This full-time role requires working 40 hours per week, with shifts between 7:30 am and 6:00 pm. The ideal candidate will hold a full and relevant Level 3 qualification. Please note, this is a year-round position, as the nursery operates throughout the year and is not term-time only.
Why Join Us?
At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays
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Childcare Employee Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team members’s
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Health & Wellbeing: Confidential employee assistance helpline available
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Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
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Referral Programme - Refer a friend and receive a bonus up to £750 check terms and conditions.
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Transport Links - We have out own car park and a bus link to us.
As Nursery Assistant, you will:
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Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all times
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Understand the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS and staff:child ratios
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Provide engaging and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development
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Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent
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Observe and support children’s development, update the EyLog system and children’s learning journals with accuracy and relevance, and seek guidance from colleagues or Room Leader if in doubt
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Provide the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development
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 Safeguarding Duty.
Cherrystone 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.
