Early Years Teacher-Nursery

As an Early Years Professional, you're highly sought after, and as you hold an Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) or Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and previous experience working and caring for children under 5, ideally within an early years setting. Busy Bees recognises this and therefore would like to reward you with the following:

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  Salary starting from £26000
• Childcare discount up to 30%
• £500 welcome bonus upon completion of your probation
• A paid day off as a birthday treat

Busy Bees in Leicester Bitteswell (Lutterworth) are now recruiting for a Qualified Early Years Teacher to join their established team. You will be working full-time; 40 hours per week over five days (all year round) however we would also consider compressed hours to work 40 hours over four days per week at the discretion of the manager and needs of the nursery. Within your role you will apply your in-depth knowledge of the EYFS Framework and teaching skills and best practice to ensure our children are given the best start in life.

About our Nursery:

• Rated GOOD by Ofsted
• Staff room
• Staff pick up scheme (T's and C's apply)
• On site free car for staff
• Staff lunches provided (T's and C's apply)
• Wellness room where yoga and other activities take place with the children
• Passionate, Motivated and Passionate Team that strives to give every child the best start in life

About the Benefits:

• Exclusive use of UP, Busy Bee’s propriety platform is available to all staff with unlimited funds per year. Plus, we have loads of short courses, training, and qualification pathways through our VLA.
• Health & Wellbeing Apps. We know that sometimes life can be a bit tricky, or you might need a little guidance. Lean on our Employee Assistance Program as well as our Peppy and Mental Health Apps to help you navigate things.
• Retail & Travel Discounts. Sought after online retail, cinema and travel discounts. Plus, food and insurance discounts that add real value over and above your pay, making the little things really add up!
• Childcare Discounts. It is not always easy to cover the costs of childcare, so we are really pleased to offer you a generous discount to support your family’s needs.
• Birthdays Off. Sure, Birthdays with colleagues can be fun but we give you the day off to celebrate, YOU! Plus, the longer you collaborate with Busy Bee’s, the more your holiday entitlement grows.

Essential Qualifications & Experience:

• Early Years Teacher Status (EYT) or Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
• Previous experience working and caring for children under 5, ideally within an early years setting.
• Passion to deliver high quality childcare and exciting learning opportunities.

Key Responsibilities & Duties:

• As a leader of the pre-school room, you have overall responsibility to ensure the relevant statutory and legal welfare and curriculum requirements are always met.
• As a keyworker, you will ensure every individual child’s needs are met, including supporting parents with any SEND/ASL needs.
• Prioritise the safeguarding of children.
• Speak up against practices that don’t support safeguarding or our core values.
• Get to know the families at the setting and create a good relationship with parents whilst also able to manage and resolve parental complaints/concerns in a timely manner.
• Build relationships with local schools to help create an effective transition for each child.
• Take pride in your teams planning, observation and assessment procedure whilst ensuring that they are detailed, reflective an provide developmentally challenging next steps.
• Remain up to date with our childcare policies and procedures.
• Be a key player to ensure the nursery receives excellent outcomes in internal audits and those of external authorities such as Ofsted, CI and CIW.
• Keep up to date with news and research within the sector and consider how this impacts your practice and your team.
• Ensure we encourage and praise children’s development and achievements.

About the Business:

The Nursery Practitioners/Nursery Nurses at Busy Bees strive to create safe and enriching home-from-home environments filled with opportunities to learn. Run by enthusiastic staff, we work hard to make every nursery a place when children’s emotional needs are met, their interests and imaginations nurtured, and their individuality respected. We are proud of what we do, and this extends to how our colleagues describe their career pathways at Busy Bees. We aim to create a unique employee experience not only in our fantastic benefits and rewards but the possibility of realising your career potential, wherever you imagine it may take you.

A career at Busy Bees is exciting, dynamic, and always evolving. Sure, the opportunity to work and learn on the job led by leading Practitioners in the industry is here but combine that with best-in-sector training and support in child development and you have all the essential ingredients to really take your career places which makes a career at Busy Bees just that little more extraordinary.

We reserve the right to close a job prior to the initial closing date. All positions are subject to references and an enhanced DBS/PVG check.

At Busy Bees, we take the safeguarding and welfare of our children seriously and this extends to the safe recruitment and induction of our employees and volunteers. As part of our recruitment process, we will undertake the necessary pre-employment safeguarding checks.

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