Nursery Key Worker

Role Description

The Nursery Key Worker is a qualified level 3 practitioner required to support the Room Leader for children in our nursery setting.

As a key worker, you have an important role caring for children and helping to maintain high quality, stimulating indoor and outdoor environments.

You will be required to respond to new ideas and support new strategies to continually improve practice and promote effective learning, appropriate achievement and the educational, social and personal progress of all pupils, consistent with the aims of the school and unique needs of each individual.

Main Responsibilities:

• Under the direction of the Nursery Practitioner/Room Leader, be responsible for a key group of children
• Contribute to the creation of a safe, welcoming and inclusive indoor and outdoor enabling environment for all children to develop and learn through play
• Understand the stages of young children’s learning and development and the benefits of time spent learning outdoors
• Contribute to planning and evaluation of high quality provision and stimulating age-appropriate activities
• Be reflective of practice and routines, working with the Nursery Room Leader, tailoring them to meet the individual needs of each child throughout the day
• To observe and assess individual children’s learning and development, ensuring records are kept up-to-date, are of a high standard and are shared effectively

Core hours: 0730-1700 or 0830-1800 in our year round Nursery

Please apply directly through our online recruitment portal by clicking the Apply button.

We are unable to accept CVs as a method of application.

The Stephen Perse Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.