Location: Our cosy, "Home from Home" Cottage Nursery
Hours: Full-time, 42 hours per week (4 or 5-day working week available)
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
Join Our Nursery Family
We're a small, nurturing nursery set within a beautiful cottage, creating a genuine "home from home" environment for children, families, and our team. Warmth, kindness, positivity, and strong relationships are at the heart of everything we do, ensuring every child—and every member of staff—feels valued and supported.
Our Baby Room provides a calm, loving, and stimulating space where secure attachments form the foundation for learning. We believe every child deserves the very best start in life, encouraging curiosity, confidence, and development through play, exploration, and meaningful interactions.
The Role
We're looking for a caring and enthusiastic Level 2 Early Years Practitioner to join our team.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate about working with babies and wants to be part of a supportive team that is committed to delivering exceptional care and education. Working alongside experienced colleagues, you'll help create a nurturing environment where babies feel safe, secure, and encouraged to learn through play.
What You'll Be Doing
- Provide high-quality care and learning experiences for babies aged 0–2 years.
- Build warm, secure relationships with children and develop positive partnerships with families.
- Support the planning and delivery of engaging, age-appropriate activities.
- Observe children's development and contribute to learning journeys and assessments.
- Help maintain a safe, clean, stimulating, and inclusive environment.
- Follow safeguarding, health and safety, and nursery policies at all times.
- Promote children's wellbeing, confidence, and independence through responsive and nurturing care.
- Work closely with colleagues to provide the highest standards of care and education.
About You
You'll have:
- A Level 2 qualification in Early Years or Childcare.
- Experience working with babies or young children in an Early Years setting (preferred but not essential).
- A basic understanding of the EYFS and child development.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
- A warm, caring, and positive approach.
- A genuine passion for giving babies the very best start in life.
- A willingness to learn, develop, and grow within a supportive nursery team.
What We Offer
We believe looking after our team is just as important as looking after our children. That's why we offer:
- Choice of a 4 or 5-day working week.
- 22 days' annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
- An additional day's annual leave after five years' service.
- Your birthday off every year.
- 30% childcare discount.
- Access to the Wisdom Health & Wellbeing App for confidential support and wellbeing resources.
- Ongoing training, including opportunities to progress to a Level 3 qualification and beyond.
- Regular team celebrations and social events.
- Free on-site parking.
- A supportive, friendly team where your ideas are valued.
- The opportunity to work in a beautiful cottage nursery with a genuine "home from home" atmosphere.
How to Apply
If you're ready to begin or continue your Early Years career in a warm, supportive nursery, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply through Indeed with your up-to-date CV, and we'll be in touch.
If you're passionate about providing exceptional care for babies and want to join a nursery that values kindness, teamwork, and outstanding practice, we'd love to welcome you to our nursery family.
Requirements
- Level 2 qualification in Childcare/Early Years.
- Experience working in an Early Years setting is desirable but not essential.
- Right to work in the UK.
- Successful completion of an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Hours: 42 hours per week
Work Location: In person
We are an equal opportunities employer committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with dignity, respect, and fairness.
Job Types: Apprenticeship, Full-time
Pay: From £28,173.60 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
