Early Years Practitioner

Nursery: Little Faces, Pontlands Park, West Hanningfield Rd, Great Baddow, Chelmsford CM2 8HR Hours: Full Time and Part Time roles available, Monday - Friday Salary: Up to £29,670 annual salary (depends on qualification and experience) Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount, wellness day and much much more. **£500 Welcome Bonus** Remarkable Futures Start Here Who & What is Storal? It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily a part of here at Little Faces. Storal stands for high quality outcomes for children and are passionate about Early Years. Bringing your whole self is a must if that’s pink hair, being Neurospicy or having a unique pastime, we encourage it all. Your unique self is what makes our Nursery even better. Check out our website to learn about our leaders and the expertise they bring to our Storal community.    About the role:     As a Nursery Practitioner you will be a key part of keep our children safe, loved and inspired to learn. Key activities include:  • Applying the Storal curriculum & our pedagogy principles to our children daily  • Seeking out learning opportunities in everyday routines such as mealtimes & transitions  • Bonding with your children and their families by engaging in meaningful moments About you:     • A true love for child development and care  • Able and willing to work in a team  • Ability to communicate effectively with management, your peers and parents  • High levels of care and empathy that every opportunity can be a learning opportunity  • Knowledge of the EYFS framework    Must haves:    • Early Years qualification at Level 3  • Experience working with all age groups within Early Years    Why work for us:   Benefits at a glance For you -We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and accessing your pay before payday with PayCaptain Family matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity (and more) Health & wellness - Nourishing body & mind Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets and more Development - Investing in your future Micro-learning, financial stability tools & Storal Support Fund Our community - Growing together Termly inset days, team app & Storal Awards gathering. Enhanced DBS check and subscription to the DBS Update Service We partner with world-leading third parties such as Pay Captain, Vitality, and Peppy.  Curious to know more? We’d love to tell you more about what makes Little Faces so special.   Storal is the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment the encourages feedback-discussion-resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete a through compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS. EYEP