We are a friendly, family run nursery with a team aged from 16 to 70s!
For all childcare roles, you must love children and the outdoors, as you will be outside a lot in our fantastic grounds.
1) Apprenticeship Opportunities
We offer Level 2 (Early Years Practitioner) and Level 3 (Early Years Educator) apprenticeships.
For the Level 2 apprenticeship, no qualifications are necessary but ideally you will have experience working with and or caring for children aged 0 – 5.
You will work alongside our experienced staff, gaining job-specific skills and earning a wage too.
If you are fun, hardworking, a team player and you love children we want to hear from you!
Start dates available throughout the year. The role is all year round, not term time only.
You will work 7.45am – 6.15pm 4 days per week (or 7.45am – 4.45pm or 9.15am – 6.15pm if you are under 18, in accordance with employment law) with college on the 5th day term time only.
6.6 weeks annual leave including bank holidays
Do get in touch with us to find out more.
2) We are often interested to hear from qualified or unqualified candidates who would like to work with children from 3 months – 5 years old.
Full or part time – 30-40 hours per week
Not term time only
Salary dependent on experience.
6.6 weeks annual leave including bank holidays
Opportunities for progression if you wish to further your career in early years
All ages and experience welcome! The right person is as important as qualifications because most of our existing staff are qualified. We are happy to take on unqualified staff as we like to have more staff over and above the legal requirement, as this enhances the care and education that we offer our children.
If you are not qualified and this is something you would like to do, we can help you gain your qualification while you are working with us – the qualification is often free of charge, and your salary would increase once you are qualified.
To apply for any of our roles, please email your CV to info@acresoffun.co.uk and let us know a little about you.
Please feel free to call Rebecca, our Nursery Manager, on 01635 203300 if you have any questions.
We are a family run business with a family ethos – we like to look after our staff.
We offer you;
- High rates of pay according to qualifications and experience
- Annual salary reviews
- Very generous annual leave entitlement
- Importance of work life balance recognised – we are as flexible as we can be with working hours. Many staff work a compressed 4 day week.
- Free meals (regrettably lunch is not available for lunch cover positions as you will be working)
- Free tea, coffee and biscuits
- Non-absence bonus
- Staff annual bonuses
- Bonuses if you successfully refer a friend to us for a job vacancy
- Staff social events
- Employee of the month scheme
- Free training and qualifications
- Free parking
- Free uniform provided plus uniform allowance
- A management team that appreciates you and genuinely cares about you!
Acres of Fun has a strong commitment to safeguarding and equality. References and Enhanced DBS checks will be carried out.