Below are a list of current vacancies and links to full job descriptions. For further details and an informal chat about the roles, please contact our School Administrator, Mrs Estelle Szasz, from whom an application pack is available. Please call on 023 8025 2440, or by emailing recruitment@sherbornehouse.co.uk to arrange an informal visit. You can use our SHS Application Form .doc and submit your CV.
JOB DESCRIPTION
POST TITLE: Pre-School / Pre-Reception Practitioner
RESPONSIBLE TO: Nursery Manager/ Deputy Manager / Room Leader
SALARY: £23,000+ (depending upon experience and qualifications)
WORKING HOURS: 40 Hours per week all year round. Excluding bank holidays and between Christmas and New Year.
Purpose of Post
To provide a safe, interesting and stimulating environment for the children in a variety of ways.
To work with the Room Leader to achieve the aims and objectives of the Nursery.
To ensure a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children placed in Sherborne House School Nursery.
To implement the daily routine in the Nursery.
Duties and Responsibilities
To ensure all the children’s needs are met.
To provide activities led by the children’s interests.
To adjust activities according to the child’s needs.
Support all staff and contribute to the team.
Liaise with and support parents and other family members.
Attend staff meetings and training events outside working hours if required.
Undertake certain domestic jobs within the Nursery, for example, serving snacks and meals, occasionally loading and emptying the dishwasher and laundry as part of a daily routine.
Variable shifts between the hours of 7:30am-6pm over 5 days with a half an hour lunch break.
To engage in reflective practice, and use constructive feedback to continually improve.
Skills and Abilities
A happy enthusiastic and positive person.
Be able to work as part of a professional childcare team.
Ability to communicate confidently with a wide range of people.
Good organisational skills.
To be able to understand and meet the needs of individual children and families.
Understand the need to provide a stimulating, caring and consistent environment for young children.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: from £23,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Schedule:
School type:
Experience:
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: Nurs Pactitioner
JOB DESCRIPTION
POST TITLE: Early Years Practitioner – Apprentice
RESPONSIBLE TO: Nursery Manager/ Deputy Manager / Room Leader
SALARY: £13,500
WORKING HOURS: 40 Hours per week all year round. Excluding bank holidays and between Christmas and New Year.
The Nursery Practitioner will be working as part of a team to ensure the daily needs of children between the ages of 6 months and five years are met within the Nursery setting.
Purpose of Post
To provide a safe, interesting and stimulating environment for the children in a variety of ways.
To work under the Room Leader to achieve the aims and objectives of the Nursery.
To ensure a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children placed in Sherborne House School Nursery.
To give support and respect to other personnel within Sherborne House Nursery.
To implement the daily routine in the Nursery.
Key Areas
Safeguarding – observe and be alert and report immediately any signs of abuse or neglect.
Act as a positive role model, using appropriate tone of voice and body language.
Team work – supporting colleagues in meeting every child’s needs.
Liaise with parents and staff.
Duties and Responsibilities
Be punctual and reliable.
Ensure all children and parents are met with a warm welcome.
Operate a programme of activities suitable to the age range of children attending the Nursery in conjunction with the Room Supervisor on a weekly basis.
Adjust activities according to the child’s needs.
Support all staff and contribute to the team. Follow instructions of the Room Leader or Nursery Manager.
Liaise with and support parents and other family members.
Attend staff meetings and training events outside working hours if required.
Undertake certain domestic jobs within the Nursery, for example, serving snacks and meals, occasionally loading and emptying the dishwasher and laundry as part of a daily routine.
Variable shifts between the hours of 7:30am-6pm over 5 days with a half an hour unpaid lunch break.
To develop your role within the team.
To engage in reflective practice, use constructive feedback to continually improve.
Carry out any reasonable request given to you by any senior Member of Nursery or School Staff.
Skills and Abilities
A happy enthusiastic and positive person.
Be able to work as part of a professional childcare team
Have an understanding of equal opportunities.
Ability to communicate confidently with a wide range of people.
Good organisational skills.
To be able to understand and meet the needs of individual children and families.
Understand the need to provide a stimulating, caring and consistent environment for young children.
To be flexible with regard to working hours and shifts.
For further details and an informal chat about the above roles, please contact our School Administrator, Mrs Estelle Szasz, from whom an application pack is available. Please call on 023 8025 2440, or by emailing recruitment@sherbornehouse.co.uk
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an Equal Opportunities employer. The successful candidate will be subject to a rigorous recruitment procedure, including an enhanced DBS check.
