Nursery Leader (19592)

Even though the role is showing as Nursery Leader - this is a practitioner role and you wouldn't be expected to lead in the room.

The post will be to take on the role of Nursery Practitioner. The role will include supporting children with activities (inside and outside), supporting the team with group admin paperwork including planning, registers, delivering the EYFS. Have excellent communication skills to interact and support families and children, building working relationships with other members of the team, caring for the children's safety and wellbeing whilst attending the setting.

Some but not all of our essential Requirements are:

• Recognised childcare/play work qualification to a minimum level 2.


• Plan, Organise and have creative ideas to help set up activities that will help children learn and play.


• Build close relationships with parents and carers to continue providing the fantastic care for our children and excellent ongoing support for all our families.


• To conduct evaluations with the children who use the service; and record the voice of the child.


Opening Times

• Play House Out of School Club (Term Time Only) - Monday to Friday, 7.30am-9am and 3pm-5.30pm.


• We rotate a shift pattern so all staff get to work with all age groups, start time is 7.30am until 5.30pm on a rota basis.
  
  If you are looking for an exciting opportunity and you are passionate about working with children, then this role is for you!, We are looking for a term time only permanent member of staff who is highly motivated to work in our Preschool. You would need to have experience of working with Preschool or Nursery aged children., We also provide a wrap around service that provides care for school age children who will attend our breakfast, after school club and we also run a holiday club. The successful candidate will need to have previous experience with all age groups and needs to be confident in dealing with challenging situations.
  
  We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.


For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, this role we will appoint at the minimum pay band - this ensures that pay progression steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application., At Barnardo's we believe in children - no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.


• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service


• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme


• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options


• Service related sick pay from day 1


• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution


• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension


• Cycle2work scheme


• Interest free season ticket loans


• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal


• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores


• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc


• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support


• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer