Early Years Assistant

Join Our Passionate Team at Rainbow Day Nursery – Where Every Day is an Adventure in Learning!

Are you a passionate early years professional ready for your next challenge? At Rainbow Day Nursery. We are recruiting for a Level 2 Early Years Practitioner to join our team. The Nursery is situated on Lupton Street in the Kentish Town area, which lies to the north of central London. There are fantastic commuter links to central London and nearby neighbourhoods with several bus routes local and Kentish Town station and Gospel Oak station.

Salary: £27,996 per annum

Hours: 40 hours per week – Monday to Friday

Why Join Us?

At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

Generous Annual Leave: 24 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*

Your Role as a Nursery Practitioner:

As a valued member of our team, you’ll:

Create engaging, age-appropriate learning experiences

Ensure EYFS standards are met with care and creativity

Promote a clean, safe, and nurturing environment

Build strong bonds with children and families through our key person approach

Collaborate with your team in regular meetings and ongoing development

*Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

As Nursery Practitioner, you will need:

Full and relevant Level 2 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 - desirable

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.

The Rainbow 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