Outdoor Nursery Practitioner

Nursery Practitioner

Site: Duffus Estate, Duffus (there are bus connections to Duffus from Forres, Elgin and Lossiemouth)

Reporting to: Nursery Manager

Requirements: Scottish Social Services Council or General Teaching Council of Scotland registration. NOTE: We can help you with the SSSC registration process.

Essential Job Functions

• Ensure the childcare provision is of the highest quality, providing a safe, stimulating and child-centred environment catering for the children’s educational and developmental needs
• Help with the implementation of the Early Years Framework using the Forest School approach as the basis for learning through play
• Act as the key person to a small group of children, promote and maintain partnerships with parents/carers and other family members
• Keep up to date with current developments in childcare and education policies and practices.
• Be familiar with and model Earthtime’s ethos, policies and procedures
• Ensure the highest standards of hygiene in the outdoor nursery
• Plan and facilitate activities
• Undertake any other reasonable duties as directed by the Nursery Manager or Senior Practitioner

Education and Experience

We are looking for either a qualified nursery practitioner or a person with some experience in childcare and willing to work towards becoming qualified.

Skills and Ethos

• A lifelong learner, taking responsibility for own continuing professional learning
• Passionate about engaging children in the outdoors
• A lover of the outdoors and nature
• A believer in play-based, child-led learning
• Fascinated by the way children learn, their imaginations and their ideas
• A highly organised, reliable and driven team player
• An excellent communicator
• Energetic and enthusiastic
• Able to work flexibly and ‘in the moment’

Requirements

Scottish Social Services Council or General Teaching Council of Scotland registration.

Disclosure Scotland/Protection Vulnerable Groups Scheme Membership