We are looking for a nurturing, fun loving and inspirational practitioner to join our team at Bright Sparks Nursery, IKB Primary School, Wellington.
Do you have:
- A warm, smiling face that makes every child feel special and loved.
- The skills required to rapidly count the heads of numerous moving small people as this is of utmost importance.
- The flair to feel comfortable entering public places on the way home from work with unknown substances on your clothing or dressed up in fancy dress.
- The ability to sing in tune is not necessary; however, the ability to sing out of tune in front of a crowd is essential.
- The knack to remember the names of many children, their parents, siblings, grandparents, pets and special soft toys is a key component of this job. Again, this is something that will develop over time.
- A high level of comfort with being asked personal questions by children is essential. For example, you will regularly be asked questions regarding what you are having for lunch, whether you are willing to share said lunch.
- You must have the ability to read a ten-page book upside down with at least one interruption per page.
- The expertise to authentically show an interest in and curiosity for bugs and creepy crawlies is essential, even if they are your biggest fear on earth.
If so come join our team at our exciting and stimulating nursery setting in Wellington. Inspiring 2 - 4 year olds across our Trust nurseries.
Main Objectives:
- To provide inclusive play and learning opportunities for all children attending the nursery and to maintain a safe, stimulating and enjoyable environment.
- To work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, develop and learn.
- To build and maintain strong partnership working with parents to enable children’s needs to be met.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 under the Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). This means that both spent and unspent convictions and cautions may need to be disclosed. However, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ under filtering rules and do not need to be disclosed. Guidance on what should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexuality or religion.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
References: References will be taken up on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children, previous employers may be approached for information to verify particular experiences or qualifications before interview.
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