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• Bright Horizons Longfield Day Nursery and Preschool Salary: £25,538 per annum Location: Dartford, London We’d love to hear from you if you’re passionate about caring for children and contributing to their learning and development. Don’t worry if you don’t feel as if you hit all the points mentioned below – remember everyone has to start somewhere and we’d love to support you in your development here at Bright Horizons! Why Bright Horizons? We care for over 10,000 children across the UK, across our portfolio of over 300 nurseries, 98% of which are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. We’re on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing. What you’ll be doing Working as part of a nursery team looking after babies and children up to the age of 5. Having daily adventures with our children through interactive play, activities, reading and helping them with their curious minds through the learning curriculum Communicating with parents daily on their child’s activities Provide a caring and supporting environment where the children feel safe and looked after Creating play and learning opportunities that support the children’s learning Promote and ensure child welfare, protection, health and safety and safeguarding procedures and policies are followed at all times Working alongside your Assessor, including attending all training required for completion of your formal qualification Having the ability to manage own time to complete required coursework in the given timeframe Driving own development through the active participation in appraisals, one-to-ones, and requesting supervisions where required Reflecting and proactively utilising new ideas and initiatives, including feedback, to enhance development and learning What we can offer you Our benefits include, but are not limited to; Career development opportunities across our network of nurseries Amazing discounts, ranging from childcare to high-street, to utility and days out! Quarterly Employee Appreciation Weeks – with treats for all the team External helpline with professional counsellors – supporting your wellbeing 24 hours a day. Access to our extensive library of training and qualifications, to support your continuous development What we’re looking for Commitment to completing your Apprenticeship Maths and English qualification GCSE Grade C / Level 4 or above, or Functional Skills Level 2. If not already held, a willingness to complete Functional Skills alongside apprenticeship. Previous experience working with children beneficial, but not essential - Nursery Bank Staff, Nursery Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Nursery Practitioner, Early Years Educator, Nanny, Childminder or similar. Passion for making learning fun and engaging for each child Ability to build trust and strong working relationships with both colleagues and parents Ability to use a variety of techniques to clearly and successfully communicate with both children and adults This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. We look forward to receiving your application! If you experience any problems, please email europe.recruitment@brighthorizons.com and we will be happy to help. At Bright Horizons, our culture is built on our commitment to Keeping Everyone Safe and providing world-class care and education, delivered by a world-class workforce. We believe our people’s potential is endless and with this in mind, we aspire to create an environment where our colleagues can thrive and accomplish the things they thought impossible. Bright Horizons has been recognised as a Great Place to Work by our employees and the Great Place to Work Institute for the last 13 years. We care passionately about what we do, and our HEART values and principles help us support one another in the work that we do each day. These are quite literally at the HEART of our organisation’s ethos and culture as it helps us to provide a working environment that supports professionalism, growth and diversity. We are passionate about our people’s ongoing learning and development. Our learning and leading with HEART framework supports each Bright Horizons colleague on the first steps of their leadership journey, whether that includes our 'World-Class Welcome' induction or our extensive ongoing training programme. Either way we want you to feel valued and invested in! Celebrating in the accomplishments of our people is an essential part of our culture. We believe in the power of “thank you” and throughout the year, in ways big and small, formal and informal, we show our appreciation for employees at all levels. We have many ways to acknowledge and celebrate our people, including our very popular “employee appreciation month”. This is a chance for everyone to share their gratitude to one another, across the whole company. Whether it is a “thank you” placed on our website, a chocolate pizza, team lunch or an ice cream van visit, it is our way of showing each other we care and appreciate everything we do. Each year, we have our annual 'Awards of Excellence' events; whether you are an award winner or cheering on a fellow team member, these formal award occasions are opportunities to come together and celebrate one another. By creating this account you acknowledge that Bright Horizons will collect, store and process any of your personal data provided in respect of your application and employment in accordance with our Employee Privacy Notice. https://www.brighthorizons.co.uk/statutory-information/privacy-notice-employees.