Early Years Worker - As and When

Do you have a passion for working with children under the age of 5 ? Are you prepared to be a part of their early stages of development with a willingness to bring your whole self to work, using your imagination, individuality and creativity to support our children and families?

Then we have the perfect opportunity for you in our Nursery teams within  our children's charity which is based in East London.

We have two fantastic, very busy,  Ofsted rated 'GOOD' nurseries. One based in Tower Hamlets E3 and one based in Hackney E9 and we support children and babies from 3 months to 5 years.

The nursery opening hours are Monday to Friday from 8am-6pm and are open 51 weeks a year, closing on Bank Holidays and one Week over Christmas & New Year

We are seeking either a CACHE or NVQ, BTEC Level 3 preferred qualified or candidate who is currently Level 2 but working towards a Level 3** in childcare and education, nursery nurse / early years practitioner, who enjoys working with young children to work at our friendly nurseries.

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

 We have a number of As and When vacancies available, we need workers who would be flexible and be available to work between both Nurseries

Our Nurseries are based in Tower Hamlets & Hackney -Bow Nursery- E3 3BD & Wetherell Nursery-E9 7BW

The work will include:

• Planning and implementing creative and learning activities in line with EYFS.
• Working as part of a busy team.
• Ensuring safety and well-being of children at all times, Having Safeguarding knowledge and following policies and procedures
• Following Health and Safety policies and procedures.
• Carrying out observations of children.
• Writing reports.
• Assisting on trips to places of interest with children.
• Interacting parents and updating them on child's progress.
• Supervising play.

Successful applicant will be placed at either Wetherell or Bow Nursery.

An enhanced DBS will be required for these roles.

You will be required to provide 5 years employment history for references. 

Applicants will be required to undertake a Declaration that neither they nor anyone who lives in the same household as the applicant or who lives at their address, is a disqualified person under the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009.

Please note that this Early Years qualification must be full and relevant as per the Department for Education guidelines.

When completing your application please refer to the skills, knowledge and experience you have in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service description

At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and male candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.

Our basis and values