Early Years Practitioner

If you are offered an EYP role before theend of June, you will receive a £300 recruitment bonus after successfully completing your 3 month probation period.

We are looking for inspirational Level 3 qualified Early Years Practitioners to join one ofour nurseriesinMilton Keynes, we have vacancies at a numberof our Nurseries within Milton Keynes including Castlethorpe, Cold Harbour (Bletchley), Emberton, Jubilee Wood (Fishermead), Mulberry Bear (the Open University), New Bradwell, Stony Stratford and Westcroft.

We will always try to forward your application to the nursery with a vacancy nearest to where you live. To see our locations, go to our website acornearlyyears.org.uk/Pages/Category/find-a-nursery.

Ideally, the role will be 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday working between 07:30 and 18:15. However we may be able to consider part time days/hours.

Were proud to be one of the leading childcare providers in Milton Keynes, Northampton and Bedford with over30years experience who specialise in nature pedagogy and promoting the professional development of our employees.We believe that childcare needs a personal touch, and our nurseries and out-of-school clubs offer flexibility and individuality with a homely feel. As a not-for-profit organisation, we place our childrens well-being at the heart of our work.

We very much welcome candidates that are looking to progress their personal career development due to future opportunitiesin the pipeline within the location of MK.

The ideal candidate will be passionate, motivated and enthusiastic about outdoor learning and creative play, as well as a good working knowledge and practice of the EYFS and safeguarding procedures.

As a thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to making Acorn a safe, nurturing and fun place for our children to be, we offer:

• Payscales that are competitive, transparent and reviewed annually
• 65% childcare discount
• Generous family leave
• Christmas closure
• 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays (and the option to buy more)
• 4 dedicated training days and individual development plans
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Cyclescheme
• Techscheme
• Length of Service awards
• Christmas parties
• Pay advances
• Employee assistance wellbeing programme because you matter to us

Successful applicants must be able to provide right to work in the UK documentation, provide two satisfactory references and undertake an enhanced DBS check prior commencing employment.

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