Job Description

Do you have experience in nursery settings and a Level 2 qualification Childcare?

Would like to complete a Level 3 qualification in Childcare with our support?🎓

We have a job position at Les Petites Etoiles West Hampstead. 👦👧

This is a permanent position, full-time 38 hours per week, Monday to Friday. 📆

Salary: £25,115, with salary progression once you complete the Level 3

Holidays: 5 weeks holidays, increasing when you complete the Level 3

Les Petites Etoiles - Bilingual Montessori is a chain of high-quality nurseries across North London. Since 2008, we have been dedicated to providing exceptional childcare services in an enriching and nurturing environment.

As a Multilingual Nursery, we are committed to providing a comprehensive language experience for children. We take great pride in our nurseries’ commitment to providing spacious and bright classrooms, moreover, a nurturing bilingual Montessori environment where children thrive, learn, and develop into well-rounded individuals.

Role

As a key person in waiting, you will be working across all rooms where ages range from 6 months to 2.5 years. You will support the room leaders and team within the rooms, giving you great experience as a practitioner and enhancing your development.

Required Skills:

• Great people skills

• Confidence to put into practice what you know

• Great listening skills

• Problem-solving & a positive can-do attitude

• Resilient (strong) yet also caring and great empathy

• Able to take constructive criticism

• Able to be self-reflective to improve constantly

Requirements

You will have at least 1 year experience in a nursery setting and a Level 2 qualificion (complete or in progress).

Study Requirement
You will be required to undertake an Early Years qualification recognised by OFSTED (Level 3) after successfull probation period. We will pay for this qualification.

Benefits

• 5 paid sick days per academic calendar

• High-quality training, including 6 paid inset days per year with the UK’s best trainers in the industry.

• Termly Prizes

• Internal growth opportunities

• Trip after 10 years

• Events

• Help for Bike Purchase

• Well-being program

• Free independent counselling service

• Free lunches (our food is homemade, organic and delicious!)

Safeguarding

Children and young people should never experience abuse of any kind.

We have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people, to keep them safe and to practise in a way that protects them.

All references will be thoroughly checked and we will apply for a DBS update service as well as a DBS equivalent from any country the applicant was in prior to the UK and within the last 5 years.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to age, gender reassignment, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.