Nursery Practitioner / Nursery Nurse

Canopy Children's nursery are looking for nursery practitioners to join the team. We are a friendly run nursery located in Wembley.

Ideal candidate :

• Level 2 & 3 Qualified in Childcare
• Full time & Part time (Monday - Friday)
• Flexible working hours

(Will accept unqualified nursery practitioners)

Specific childcare tasks

• The preparation and completion of activities to suit each individual child's stage of development and interests
• To develop your role within the team especially with regard as a key person
• To ensure that meal times are a time of pleasant social sharing
• Washing and changing children as required
• To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times
• Ensuring a poorly child is kept calm and warm and management is notified immediately
• To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communications with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs
• To ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children regardless of any disabilities, family backgrounds or medical history
• To be aware of the high profile of the nursery and to uphold its standards at all times, both within work hours and outside. 

Duties and responsibilities

• Operate a programme of activities that meet the individual needs and interests of children in your area in conjunction with other team members
• To keep records of your key children’s development and learning journeys and share this with parents, carers, and other key adults in the child’s life
• Support all staff and engage in a competent staff team
• Liaise with and support parents and other family members
• To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, parent evening, fundraising events etc.
• To be flexible within working practices of the nursery. Be prepared to help where needed, including to undertake certain domestic jobs within the nursery, e.g. preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment etc.
• Work alongside the Manager and staff team to ensure that the nursery’s philosophy is fulfilled
• Read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role as deemed appropriate by the Manager
• Recording accidents in the accident book or on the online system. Ensure a senior team member has initialled the report before parents receives it
• Look upon the nursery, as a “whole” where can your help be most utilised? Be constantly aware of the individual needs of all children
• Ensure someone known and agreed by the nursery and parent collects the child
• To respect the confidentiality of all information received. 

Staff Benefits

• Don’t work on your birthday - birthday off
• Paid time off - when no sickness/absence for 3 consecutive months - on a quarterly basis
• Employee of the month 
• Annual Director’s award 
• Loyalty bonus scheme for length of service starting from 2 years of service
• Refer a friend to work at Canopy Children’s Nursery, Wembley Park - earn upto £200 for every person referred - paid upon referred person passing probation and no active disciplinaries/ warnings for referrer 
• 3 pieces of staff uniform for full time staff or 2 pieces for part time staff
• Meals at the setting whilst at work
• 20-day holidays plus bank holidays plus week off at Christmas not part of annual allowance for full time 40-hour contract or pro rata if part time hours
• 40% discount for own child registered at Canopy Children’s Nursery, Wembley Park whilst staff member employed by Canopy Children’s Nursery, Wembley Park
• Auto-enrolment to pension scheme
• Annual pay review - normally in April if more than 10 months in the role