Kindergarten Educator

Young Friends Kindergarten is a wonderful, forward-thinking nursery whose focus is on creating confident and sustainable citizens. We do this through an embedded, authentic ethos.

We have built our own curriculum around the three pillars of sustainability and are extremely excited to see how it deepens and develops. This is a great time to join our close-knit team of highly qualified reflective, inquisitive practitioners.

We believe in growing happy, fulfilled staff and love to celebrate individual skills and quirks!

Our team spend their days between our beautiful natural nursery setting in central Hove, or on trips out to the beach, parks and around the local community trips. Our older children also spend time during the growing season at our kitchen garden, a short distance away.

We have created a meaningful and magical place where children learn through playing and exploring at their own pace.

Our nursery is committed to a plastic free environment, we encourage children to recycle, reuse and respect our environment.

Our children go on regular beach cleans and learn about saving our planet for our future.

We have giant European rabbits and two gorgeous nursery Labradors.

Our nursery is well resourced with natural loose parts, furniture and play equipment that reflect our ethos.

We have created an open plan, child centred homely environment where children learn and develop holistically.

 

We are looking for a passionate and imaginative practitioner to welcome into our team.

 

Starting Pay: £12 – 12.85 ph (depending on qualifications)

Hours: 5 days a week, 8hrs 15m a day (we would consider 4 longer days)

Start Date: 1/4/24 until 6/9/24 (it is possible this may become a permanent position)

 

Benefits include:

• We are a Real Living Wage employer

• Being on the team of a fabulous nursery
• Working in a beautiful environment, alongside nature (at the kindergarten and our kitchen garden)
• The ability to incorporate your drives, passions, and interests into your working day – if relevant to working and developing young minds.

• Time away from the children for key person records and CPD within your working day
• Robust mentor programme
• Use of laptops, while on the premises

• A generous staff pension
• Regular and supportive performance management that leads to increases in salary
• Ongoing continued professional and personal development opportunities
• Regular team socials
• Monthly staff meetings
• Well-being days

 

The role involves:

• Actively promoting our sustainable ethos,
• Being a great team player,
• Understanding, promoting and working with children within a meaningful child-led curriculum,
• Helping children to develop in all areas through our sustainable curriculum,
• Implementing excellent cleaning, organising and hygiene practices to help care for our environment
• Assisting with our many sustainable outings, composting, feeding wild birds, caring for our animals, and other tasks as required
• Being a key person
• Keeping children and colleagues safe
• Helping in the kitchen preparing snacks and cleaning
• Helping with the laundry

 

Applicants must have:

• the skills and knowledge to enable children to learn and develop in a safe and supportive environment
• good communication skills, both verbal and written
• patience, sensitivity and understanding
• the ability to work well with others
• flexibility, passion and the drive to share our ethos and vision
• a commitment to reflective practice and continued professional development
• it would be great if you had an early years qualification

 

We are dedicated to all aspects of safer recruitment and therefore we will be taking up all references, undertaking thorough checks and undertaking an enhanced DBS

We are an equal opportunities employer.

All applicants will go through a short-listing process.

Successful applicants will be invited for interview.

Our new team members undergo a thorough induction period.

 

To apply please email your CV and cover letter explaining how you feel you would fit in with our ethos to: management@youngfriends.co.uk