Key Person in waiting

Les Petites Etoiles- Paddington

£25,000

38 hours per week

7 weeks of paid holiday

Location: Paddington (5 min walk from the station)

Les Petites Etoiles is a bilingual nursery offering a curriculum based on the Early Years foundation stage, the Montessori method and the French framework. Our staff are kind, responsive and excellent role models for the children in our settings. Our Paddington branch is a lovely nursery located 5 minutes walking from the Paddington station with a warm and supportive staff.

Role

As a key person in waiting, you will be working across all rooms where ages range from 6 months to 4 years old - mostly based in baby room. You will support the room leaders and team within the rooms, giving you great experience as a practitioner and enhancing your development.

Requirements

• At least 1 year experience in a nursery setting.
• Doing a level 3 in childcare after passing the probation period.

Benefits

• Sick pay
• High-quality training, including 8 paid inset days per year. During the year we invite some of the UK's best trainers to deliver training to the team, and we are keen to pay for longer courses our staff are interested in.
• Termly Prizes
• Trip after 10 years
• Events
• Help for Bike Purchase
• Well-being program
• Free independent counselling service
• Free lunches (our food is homemade, organic and delicious!)

Safeguarding

Children and young people should never experience abuse of any kind.

We have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people, to keep them safe and to practise in a way that protects them.

All references will be thoroughly checked and we will apply for a DBS update service as well as a DBS equivalent from any country the applicant was in prior to the UK and within the last 5 years.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to age, gender reassignment, being married or in a civil partnership, beingpregnantor on maternity leave,disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

on successful completion of probation