Level 3 Baby Room Practitioner
Puddleducks Wrest Park, Silsoe
Full-time | 5 days per week | 41.25 hours
Are you a warm, caring and enthusiastic Early Years Practitioner who loves helping babies flourish?
Puddleducks Wrest Park is looking for a qualified Level 3 Practitioner to join our baby room team. This is a wonderful opportunity for someone who enjoys creating a calm, nurturing and stimulating environment where our youngest children feel safe, secure and ready to explore.
Set within the beautiful grounds of Wrest Park, Puddleducks is a friendly, family-run nursery where children’s happiness and development are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud of our welcoming atmosphere, close relationships with families and supportive team.
About the role
As a Baby Room Practitioner, you will:
- Provide warm, responsive and individualised care for babies and younger toddlers
- Build secure and trusting relationships with children and their families
- Plan engaging, age-appropriate experiences based on children’s interests and development
- Support feeding, sleeping and personal-care routines with patience and sensitivity
- Observe and record children’s learning and development in line with the EYFS
- Work as a key person, keeping parents and carers informed about their child’s day and progress
- Maintain a safe, stimulating and well-organised environment
- Work closely with your room team and the nursery’s leadership team
- Follow all safeguarding, health and safety, and nursery policies
About you
We would love to hear from someone who:
- Holds a recognised Level 3 Early Years qualification
- Has some previous experience working in a baby room or caring for children under two
- Is caring, patient and genuinely passionate about the early years
- Understands the importance of attachment, consistent routines and responsive care
- Communicates warmly and professionally with parents, carers and colleagues
- Is reliable, positive and enjoys being part of a close-knit team
- Has a good understanding of the EYFS and safeguarding responsibilities
A current paediatric first-aid certificate and registration with the DBS Update Service would be beneficial, but neither is essential. Training and support can be provided where required.
What we offer
- A welcoming and supportive working environment
- A friendly, experienced team
- Ongoing training and professional development
- Opportunities to develop and progress within our family-run nursery group
- A beautiful and unique working environment within the grounds of Wrest Park
- Supportive leadership that values the contribution of every team member
- Company pension
- Staff wellbeing support
- Uniform provided
Working hours
This is a permanent, full-time position working 41.25 hours across five days per week, Monday to Friday.
If you are an enthusiastic and nurturing practitioner who would love to play an important part in the earliest stages of children’s development, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Please apply with your CV and a short covering note explaining why you would like to join the Puddleducks Wrest Park team.
Puddleducks is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to complete appropriate safer-recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. We are an equal-opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Pay: From £13.30 per hour
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Childcare
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Transport links
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Bedford MK45: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- CACHE L2 Early Years Educator (or above/equivalent) (required)
Work Location: In person
