Details:
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Location: Wickford
- Date: 4 days ago
Description:
We are looking for a passionate and dedicated Level 3 Nursery Practitioner to join our friendly team at Just Imagine Wickford Station Avenue. This term-time only role
Just Imagine Wickford Station Avenue, Wickford (SS11 7AS)
£13.58 per hour
Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 3:00pm
Term time only
You will be supporting our Pre-School room, helping to create a caring, engaging, and stimulating environment for children to thrive. Our nursery is ideally located on Station Avenue, just a 3-minute walk from Wickford High Street and only 2 minutes from Wickford Train Station, making it easily accessible.
Why Join Us?
At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays
Employee discount / Childcare: 75% off nursery fees for our team members’s
Health & wellbeing programme: Confidential employee assistance helpline available and mental health first aid trained staff.
Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
Company Pension Scheme
Referral Programme: Recommend a friend for a role and if they are successful receive a cash bonus.
Main duties and responsibilities:
Plan and deliver engaging, age-appropriate activities
Ensure EYFS compliance and high standards of care
Maintain a safe, clean, and hygienic environment
Support children’s emotional wellbeing and key person approach
Work as part of a team to ensure smooth daily running
Follow safeguarding, policies, and professional standards
Requirements and skills:
Full and relevant Level 3 childcare qualification – essential
Fluent in written and spoken English - essential
Over 1 year’s experience of working in Early Years - desirable
Knowledge of the Statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements - desirable
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.
Just Imagine Wickford Station Avenue 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