Small People Nursery

Hours:  Perm | 20 hours per week | Monday – Friday - Hourly rate: up to £12.76 p/h

Level 2 Practitioner

Do you love the outdoors? Do you like being outside in all weather? Are you happy to get stuck in? Then Small People Nursery is the perfect place for you. Small People is an outdoor nursery based on a Forest School approach.

Small People  are passionate about providing rich, varied and spontaneous experiences which actively engage our children. Small People offers an  exciting open air learning environment  where children have the freedom to explore, be physically active, We are committed, as an organisation and an employer, to a policy of equal opportunities and inclusion in terms of recruitment, training and service delivery.

It has an innovative and inspiring approach to early childhood education, where each child is valued as strong, capable and resilient, rich with deep curiosity and potential.

Requirements Requirements What do we need from you?

- Passion and commitment to working in childcare

- Ability to work shifts between 7.00-6.00pm Monday to Friday working 40 hours per week

- Commitment to continual development

- Have sound Knowledge of EYFS

- Level 2 Childcare full and relevant qualification

Benefits Why Join Us?​

At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

· Annual leave: 24 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays and an extra paid day off for your birthday

· Childcare discount: 75% off nursery fees for team members

· Wellbeing support: Access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme helpline

· Learning and development: Tailored training and development opportunities to support your career growth

· Pension: Company pension scheme

· Employee discounts: Access to Perkaboo employee discounts

· Mentoring: Employee mentoring programme

· Health and wellbeing: Dedicated health and wellbeing support

· Refer a Friend scheme: Earn up to £750 through our referral programme

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

Small People is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.