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Job Title


Lunch Cover - Level 3


Company : Family First Nursery Group


Location : Basildon, Eastern


Created : 2025-11-01


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Nursery: Just Imagine Day Nursery Vange SS16 4JXEnsure you read the information regarding this opportunity thoroughly before making an application.Salary: Level 2 - 12.65 per hour, Level 3 13.01 per hourHours: 20 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 4 hours per day to cover lunch Our Just Imagine Day Nursery is looking for a qualified nursery practitioner to join their team as a lunch cover. Our warm and welcoming nursery, rated Good by Ofsted (September 2019), offers a familiar home from home environment. The nursery is located on Kent View Road and conveniently situated near the A13 and ideally based within the local community.Why Join Us?At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including: 400 Qualification Bonus: For all Level 3 Practitioners, paid after just 6 months! Generous Annual Leave: 20 days to start, plus bank holidays and your birthday off paid! Childcare Discount: 75% off nursery fees for your little ones Health & Wellbeing Support: Confidential employee assistance helpline Career Growth: Personalised learning and development opportunities Refer a Friend: Earn up to 750 with our referral scheme Terms and conditions apply. Some benefits are discretionary and may be subject to change.As Nursery Practitioner, you will: Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments, and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development. Understand and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS are met. Ensure the highest levels of cleanliness and hygiene in the nursery and promote these daily in every routine. Maintain strictly professional relationships and report any complaints or concerns to management in accordance with company policy and procedures. Facilitate a strong key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and cover all children daily when colleagues are absent. Attend regular team meetings to ensure that you remain updated on key priorities, changes, developments and regularly review company policies and procedures.What we are looking for: Full and relevant Level 2 or 3 childcare qualification - essential Fluent in written and spoken English - essential Over 1 years experience of working in Early Years - desirable Knowledge of the Statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements desirableApply now to join our family, fulfil your career where everyone matters and everyone makes a difference. We look forward to receiving your application! We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.Just Imagine Vange Day Nursery is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group