As a high-quality childcare provider, we are currently looking for enthusiastic, energetic, and motivated Level 3 Qualified Nursery Practitioners to join the Little Angels team, working TERM-TIME initially within our setting based in Grangetown, Cardiff.
You will work as part of a multi-agency team alongside dietetics, Health Visitors, Speech & Language Therapists, Educational Psychologists, Advisory Teachers, the Parenting Team, and our inclusion team to ensure every child in our care is provided with every opportunity to reach their full potential.
As a Flying Start setting you will be given the most up-to-date training to include mandatory training; First Aid, Child Protection, Behaviour Management, and an extensive program in line with professional development to include, wellbeing, yoga, Makaton, team building and many more.
You will need to be confident, driven, and most importantly passionate about childcare.
The successful candidate will:
- Hold a Level 2/3 qualification or above in childcare and ideally have previous experience in a nursery environment.
- Work 32.5 hours a week Monday to Friday term time.
- Be passionate to work with children.
- Have a desire to learn and grow.
- Work as a keyworker.
- Work closely alongside the team to deliver our vision.
- Make all children and their families feel special every day and part of a large family.
- Work closely alongside their colleagues, supporting and encouraging each other.
- Be imaginative, creative, and not afraid to dress up, be covered in paint or gloop, and most importantly have fun.
- Safeguard all children in line with their legal duties and company policies.
As a company we can offer you:
- A full time (permanent) contract
- Staff Benefits Packages
- Staff Christmas Event complimentary of the company
- Childcare discount at any of our fee-paying settings.
- Paid Overtime
- Staff Suggestions Box – Your thoughts and ideas really matter to us and influence our overall vision.
Job Duties Summary:
- Be a positive role model for all children, encouraging individual children through praise and scaffolding.
- Delivering the topics and program of learning, ensuring differentiation for individual children.
- Observe and record the children’s progress using company documentation.
- Complete daily records of activities and routines for all children and report progress to parents/carers.
- Develop good communications with parents/carers ensuring that they are greeted on arrival and departure.
- Attend all stay & play sessions.
- Monitor the health and wellbeing of children.
- Participate as a key worker and be responsible for a specific group of children during the settling-in sessions and daily thereafter.
- Being fully responsible for their key child’s learning journeys, observations and transition documents.
- Assist in creating a stimulating and attractive environment for the children.
- Always maintain confidentiality.
- Oversee maintenance of equipment and toys and report any problems to the Deputy Setting Leader.
- Adhering to Health and Safety policies, upholding risk assessments, and relevant documentation.
- Always maintain staff ratios.
- Ensure all letters and information are passed on to the parents/carers daily.
As an equal opportunity employer, we value diversity. Therefore, although not a requirement for application, we welcome and encourage applications from underrepresented individuals, including those;
aged under 25
not in employment, education or training
from our local communities, including in particular disabled individuals, carers and those from the Cardiff BAME and LGBT+communities
ability to communicate fluently in Welsh and/or other community languages.
No job applicant, employee or service user should be treated less favourably on the grounds of age, disability, gender identity/reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, (including same sex couples), race, religion, belief or non-belief, sex, sexual orientation and the Welsh Language'.
Interested candidates will receive full job descriptions upon sending their CVs.
Pay: £10.85-£12.71 per hour
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
Application question(s):
- Please confirm you hold a Level 3 in Childcare & Development and where this was obtained
- Please outline your availability for an interview should you be shortlisted.
Work Location: In person
