Early Years Educator

Role Summary

Our nursery provides childcare provision only to colleagues working at the Royal Devon.

It’s set on our Wonford site in a purpose built, spacious building and generous outdoor spaces – a perfect setting for fun, play, and learning! Which is reflected in our Ofsted Outstanding Provider rating and the happy children who attend from 3 months to 5 years old.

Our mission is to ensure that children’s wellbeing and development is central to all that we do.

We promote learning in a fun, stimulating, language-rich environment, nurtured through play and meaningful interactions; following children’s interests to motivate and inspire them to become active learners.

We recognise the importance of the roles that our parents have in supporting the NHS, so it is important to us that our parents can attend their place of work, knowing that their child’s individual needs are met, and that they are being cared and supported to learn and develop to meet their full potential, in a way that is unique to them.

About the Role

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More detail about the role

Are you an experienced Room Lead ready for a new challenge or an Early Years Educator looking for the next step in your career? Join our Ofsted Outstanding rated First Steps NHS Nursery team!

We’d love to hear from Early Years Educators with a passion for nurturing and developing children and your colleagues as they grow. In return, we offer a rewarding career, working in amazing facilities, where you can make a difference to the children of NHS colleagues, plus you’ll receive a brilliant package of benefits.

We care for up to children a day in five rooms with access to our different outdoor play spaces which include:

• a large Astroturf area
• a spacious woodland area
• an extensive full enclosed grass area

We’re open for our:

• Breakfast club – style="font-size:inherit;">Core hours are – style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">As a Room Lead, Early Years Educator, you’ll use your creative flare and organisation skills to support your team to deliver a brilliant programme of fun, inclusive, learning activities for the children around their interests and care needs.

  Drawing upon your knowledge of the Foundation Stage curriculum to develop the skills of the team within your room. You’ll encourage the use of our fantastic outdoor spaces to benefit the children by experiencing different environments and developing their sense of the world and themselves.

  The working day is extremely rewarding and involves both child and adult led learning opportunities with the children. Examples of these activities including sharing stories, dressing up, ‘messy play’, games, and above all, instilling a sense of fun!

  Key duties:

  Be part of the team that creates a nurturingHelp create a nurturing environment and

  Could your next chapter be full of stories, discovery and play? Join our Ofsted Outstanding First Steps NHS Nursery as an Early Years Educator.

  Whether you have worked in a nursery, preschool, school or childminding setting, we would love to hear from you. We welcome Early Years Educators, nursery practitioners, teaching assistants and teachers with early years experience who meet the requirements in the person specification. Bring your skills to a spacious, playful setting where you can help children explore and grow while supporting the NHS colleagues who trust us with their care.

  As an Early Years Educator, you will create warm, responsive relationships with children and plan inclusive experiences around their interests, care needs and stage of development.

  You will use your knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage alongside colleagues, making full use of our outdoor spaces and everyday moments to support children’s communication, curiosity and independence.

  Are you a teacher with early years experience looking for a setting where you can spend meaningful time with children? We’d also love to hear from teaching assistants, nursery practitioners, preschool educators and childminders. You’ll use your skills to notice what interests each child, extend their play through conversation and create experiences that help them feel confident, curious and ready to explore.

  Key duties:

  Help create a nurturing environment and deliver high standards of care and education.Plan, deliver and reflect on experiences that support children’s learning and development.Keep accurate records of children’s progress and care, and share updates with parents and carers.Share ideas with colleagues and keep developing your knowledge and practice.Follow safeguarding procedures and raise concerns promptly.Support other Childcare Services provision as required.

  About you

  We welcome qualified Early Years Educators and teachers with early years experience who want to work closely with children through play. Please check the person specification for the qualifications required for this post.

  You build trusting relationships with children and families, notice what sparks children’s interest and enjoy working with a supportive team. You are keen to keep learning and growing in your practice.

  You’llbe supported byourexperienced NurseryManager and service leadership team who are passionate about Early YearsEducationand developingtheirteam. You’ll be joining Early Years Apprentices, Educators, Room Leads, SENDCOs and Deputy Managers.

  Our five most important team members are our Axolotls Phil, Lizzie, Goldie, Speckles and Freckles who meet and greet everyone each day. Each room also has a fish tank which provides a calming spot for children to relax, share a story or even a song!

  Why join us?

  We can offeran extensive package of benefits.
  
  Workingfor the RoyalDevonprovidesyouwith a whole host of additional benefits including:

  Hours condensed over four days, giving you more free time (part-time also considered)Access to brilliant discounts on big name brands and local companies, plus in our onsite cafes, restaurants, and shopFantastic holiday allowance – days if working a standard 5-day working week, that increases with service and bank holidaysThe chance to ‘buy’ additional holidaySalary sacrifice schemes to make your money work harder, including nursery fees, cycle to work, and more You’ll be provided with a free uniformStagecoach discount for travel to work and free park & ride servicesSocial events and planned activitiesAccess to the generous NHS Pension scheme

  A healthywork-life balance isessential and Devon is a great place to enjoy it. Theworkinghours for this role are condensed over four days, providing the children with a consistent team during a day and you with free time!

  A great placeto live andwork – the nursery is found on our Wonford site in Exeter, with lots of different options for travelling to work. Weoffer afreepark & ride service, a park & walk service, plus regular bus services, and secure bicycle storage. Exeter is a vibrant city and has lots to offer which the team make the most of when they organise social events.

  Career progression atyour pace – being a larger setting means we can support you to increase your skills and experience. Whether that’s by working with different age groups or through funded