Keep Guard Day Nursery is an independent family run business that offers a total childcare service with early years education for children aged from 6 weeks to 5 years of age within a safe, secure and stimulating environment, from 8am - 6pm Monday to Friday), 49 weeks a year situated in the heart of Kempston. We provide a learning adventure for all children, set in a truly unique setting of a castle with ten magical playrooms across three floors to explore as part of the learning adventure. Keep Guard Day Nursery first opened in 1996 and continues to commit to the following vision: ‘Keep Guard, Keep Safe, Keep Playing states our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children through a safe, stimulating, child-centred environment that actively promotes learning.’
We are looking for a passionate Level 3 Early Years Practitioner or Level 2 Early Years Assistant to join our family here at Keep Guard Day Nursery!
The position is either all year or term time with the following working combination available:
Nursery Practitioner
Full time / Part time available (Flexible working hours)
- 8:00am-5:00pm a week plus staff meeting (5:15pm-6:15pm) on a Wednesday – 41 hours
- 8:00am-4:00pm a week plus staff meeting (5:15pm-6:15pm) on a Wednesday – 36 hours
- 9:00am-5:00pm a week plus staff meeting (5:15pm-6:15pm) on a Wednesday – 36 hours
- Lunch Cover – 11:00am-2:00pm a week plus staff meeting (5:15pm-6:15pm) on a Wednesday – 16 hours
- Lunch Cover/Room Cover 11:00am-2:00pm Tuesday and Thursday and 11:00am-4:00pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday a week plus staff meeting (5:15pm-6:15pm) on a Wednesday – 22 hours
Pre School & baby room early years educator
- Level 3 Childcare
- Monday - Friday (Full time)
- £11.00 per hour
The question is…
Do you want to work in a magical castle?
Work in an environment where children always come first?
Explore purposefully designed learning environments?
Have work-life balance?
Work in an environment that recognises assessments and learning journeys happen away from the children through time out (PPA) each week?
Plan in the moment with each child?
Be able to give warm hugs when needed?
Explore outdoors in all weathers in either our courtyard or natural garden?
Have the skill of being able to rapidly count the heads of large number of moving children?
Develop a love of books in our in-house library?
Enjoy singing, number rhymes and imaginative play?
Have a designated break away from the children in a work-free area?
Support independence in nose-wiping skills?
Have several conversations all at the same time?
Use a tablet-based system?
Develop strong parent partnership working?
Have a career in childcare which is supported and recognised?
Finally, be prepared to be adored and be important to our children?
There is nothing like seeing that tiny individual develop in to a confident and inquisitive learner ready to transition to school!
At Keep Guard Day Nursery we are working alongside Bedford Borough Council to embed Five to Thrive, which are the building blocks for a healthy brain. Five to Thrive was developed by Kate Cairns Associates and it promotes positive parenting skills to help understand the things you do everyday to help your child's growing brain.
Five to Thrive complements our established practice ensuring babies and young children are offered a wide range of activities and given opportunities to develop strong relationships with their key person to ensure they are RESPONDED to, CUDDLED when needed, enjoy quiet times to RELAX, PLAY with a variety of stimulating activities and TALKED to using high quality communication. If you would like more information on Five to Thrive please ask Esther.
During your child’s time at Keep Guard Day Nursery they will have the opportunity to bring home a ‘Humpty Bag’ used to support the principles of Five to Thrive at home. Each bag contains age-appropriate activities and ideas and a diary to record Humpty’s adventures. To further support different experiences, in line with what we offer at Keep Guard Day Nursery, alongside the Humpty bags, your child may also experience some of our sensory and fine motor bags, story sacks and maths activities.
As part of our Five to Thrive offer, we run a free-of charge group each Friday morning, term time only (9:30am-11am) to celebrate the birth of new born babies within our local community. This group is designed for non-mobile babies and is ran by Esther in a different part of the Setting. The group allows new mums to come and relax with a drink in a safe space for their new born to explore different sensory experiences with monthly visits from the Family Support Worker from the Children’s Centre to offer further advice and weigh-ins. Expectant Mothers are also welcomed.