Jobs, fresher vacancy - Nursery Practitioner - Play Out • Ipswich

Company: Ormiston Families

Ipswich

Description Ormiston Families, Ipswich, Suffolk IP3 9BU £12.60 per hour (FTE £24,570 – real living wage) Various posts and hours* Permanent, part time and bank Reference: 0213 Required as soon as possible *We have a range of hours available including: full time permanent post working 37.5 hours per week part time permanent posts either working 8am - 1pm or 1pm - 6pm as and when (bank). Your role At Play Out, a Nursery Practitioner is involved in looking after all aspects of a young child’s development. You will play a vital role in helping children to grow socially and emotionally and well as supporting as aspects of their physical and cognitive development. The role involves being hands on with the children in the setting (ranging from babies to pre-schoolers) and that means joining in with play activities, reading stories, singing songs and generally being a playmate for the children. Your role will also involve developing a relationship with the parents and carers of the children and being able to talk to them about all aspects of their child’s day in nursery. As part of the team, you will also be involved in planning activities for the children in your care and maintaining health and hygiene standards as you go about your daily tasks. Your responsibilities to provide all aspects of basic care for the babies/children within the nursery to assist in the planning and provision of age-appropriate child and adult led activities within the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum to act as Key Person for allocated children, completing observations and maintaining learning journeys to record their progress and development to maintain relevant records and complete appropriate assessments for key children i.e. two-year-old progress checks and EYFS profiles to ensure the nursery provides a high quality, safe, stimulating and supportive environment in which children are recognised as unique, competent and active learners to undertake appropriate training and professional development activities as required to ensure the effective use of equipment and resources and routine cleaning of toys/equipment to maintain the hygiene and safety within the nursery to actively promote the provision with potential and existing parents and outside agencies to adhere to Safeguarding, including child protection, policy, procedures and practices to develop and maintain strong partnership and communication with parents/carers to facilitate day to day caring and early learning needs. You will need: a full and relevant level 2 qualification or equivalent (minimum) experience of working in an early year setting baby/toddler room roles – experience of working with children under two/over two baby/toddler room roles – training specifically related to the care of babies/toddlers a current paediatric first aid certificate excellent knowledge and understanding of the EYFS and ability to plan and evaluate age appropriate activities. About us Ormiston Families is one of the leading charities working with children, young people, and families in the East of England. We take early and preventative action to support families to be safe, healthy, and resilient. All our services help people to build stronger networks, learn from experience and feel in control of their own wellbeing. We can only achieve this with the people who choose to work for us. Play Out is a child focused, outdoor loving, puddle jumping, mud pie making childcare group. Our highly experienced and passionate team is committed to supporting children to develop through a rich learning environment. Play Out Ipswich is situated just outside the town centre, on Felixstowe Road, with close links to the main road and rail network. The nursery operates from 8am to 6pm daily. We will offer you: a company pension scheme regular staff events an Employee Assistance Programme an Employee Discount Scheme we have trained Mental Health First Aiders who form our Wellbeing Team, promoting mental and physical health. Ormiston Families has also signed the pledge to support our employees going through the menopause in the workplace a Cycle to Work Scheme sick pay discount in local shops. To find out more For an informal discussion only, please contact HR@ormistonfamilies.org.uk How to apply For further information and to apply please visit our website (Ormiston Families) Closing date: 5pm, 10 June 2025.