Early Years Educator
Storal · Sheffield, United Kingdom
Remarkable future starts here
Nursery: Children 1st Sheffield Nursery School by Storal
Address - Scotland Street, Sheffield S3 7BS
Hours: Full time- Monday- Friday 40 hours
Salary: Up to £13.30ph dependent on experience and qualifications
Qualifications - Must hold a Level 3 and above in Childcare
£500 Welcome incentive
We’re Louise and Deborah, the Nursery Managers at Sheffield Nursery.
With over 50 years of combined experience in early years, we are deeply dedicated to creating a warm, caring, and inspiring environment for every child in our care.
At Sheffield, we take huge pride in our diversity and the variety of difference we have within the nursery. We have families from lots of different countries, and have families and children who speak so many different languages! Throughout the year we celebrate all the difference events/festivals of different cultures, allowing children and families to show others what is special to them!
We sometimes have families join with children that don't speak English, however we may have children or staff that speak their first language and can assist in the language barrier and ensure that child has the full nursery experience alongside ensuing they feel heard. Our nursery has fantastic facilities, from an outdoor area with a treehouse and water stream! to a bike area with its own road! Our outside area also extends over to our baby room, allowing children to experience the outside, with the safety of having their own dedicated space, in this area we also have outdoor prams, promoting outdoor sleeping for children which has multiple benefits! Every corner of our nursery has its own sunshine/special moments.
Finally I think what makes our nursery so special is our team, each single member of staff show their passion for childcare daily, arriving each day ensuring the children have a new, unique day, full of learning, developing and obviously lots of fun!
About you
You are a Level 2 or above qualified, Early Years Educator / Practitioner / Nursery Nurse or similar who enjoys supporting and encouraging the natural curiosity and excitement of young children. In other words, you were born to teach and shape the future of our younger generations.
You have a natural, nurturing, openness, a warm and positive outlook, and you care about learning and education standards in the UK.
What you'll be doing
You'll likely start most of your days with a fully formulated plan.... That will soon get completely derailed though... Pivoting when the circumstances call for it is a regular occurrence in child care!
Creativity is key. Teaching young children allows for hands on arts and crafts, storytelling, exercise, and educational games. It’s important to keep things fresh and try new activities to keep attention spans engaged. Of course we work within the EYFS standards, but that doesn't stop you from engaging your creative flair and enthusiasm for learning.
What you'll need
- A full and relevant Level 2 or above qualification within early years. (We can sometimes consider unqualified Educators, as long as they demonstrate the necessary qualities, values and enthusiasm for working within this environment. If you think you've got the right attitude and abilities, submit an application, who knows it might be the best thing you ever did. Nothing ventured nothing gained!)
- Experience as an Early Years Educator (Nursery Nurse/Practitioner) or having worked with children under the age of 5, is advantageous
- Knowledge and understanding of the EYFS is desirable
- Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working together
What you'll get
- Competitive rates of pay dependent on experience, qualification and NMW age guidance
- Performance related bonuses
- 50% childcare discount
- Annual wellness day off
- Access to retail and other discounts through Perkbox
- 20 days holidays (plus bank holiday), increasing to 22 days after 2 years service and 25 days after 5 years service
- Dedicated learning and development support
- Access to one-to-one confidential counselling sessions through our Employee Assistance Programme
About us
This nursery is part of Storal, a group of nurseries across England. It is our vision at Storal to be the nursery group that every family and educator wants to be part of. Our values are built around creating this environment for teams and children. We believe in high standards, praising each other, pulling together as a team whilst actively helping others to grow and that’s only the beginning of the story. We do what we say we do and if you align with this approach, then a Storal nursery is the place for you.
Storal is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All employees will be subject to background checks, enhanced DBS check and reference checks.
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