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Would you like to join our team at Miss B’s Nursery?
Please have a look through the relevant job description and have a think, would you like to be a part of making Miss B’s Nursery great?

Please find our application form attached

Please complete ALL sections it out and email it to

manager@missbnursery.co.uk

Your application will not be processed unless all sections are completed with the details stated.

As part of our safer recruitment procedures, Miss B's Nursery may, in the public domain, undertake a limited search of publicly available online information relating to shortlisted candidates. This search is conducted solely to identify any information relevant to a candidate's suitability to work with children and vulnerable individuals.

If your application is satisfactory, you will be invited to come and meet us and have a tour around our nursery.

This is where I will ask you to plan an activity for a group of our little ones.

Together we will explore:

• How have you considered inclusion and SEND children
• How it covers at least 2 EYFS areas of learning
• Explain Intent, Implementation and Impact
• Include how the environment will be set up
• Explaining the adult interactions
• Explaining how learning will be extended

The Intent of the activity

• Why did you choose the activity?
• What learning are they aiming to support?
• How does it link to child development?

The Implementation of the activity

• How will children access it independently?
• How will adults support learning?
• What questions would you ask?
• Vocabulary you would model?

The Impact of the activity

• What would successful learning look like?
• What observations would they expect?
• How would they know children are making progress?

Scenario Questions

• I will ask you safeguarding scenario questions
• I will also ask you Day-to-day scenario questions

Values and Culture Questions

• 1. What does outstanding childcare look like to you?
• 2. How would you build positive relationships with parents?
• 3. How would you support a child settling into nursery for the first time?
• 4. What would children see if they walked into your room?
• 5. How do you ensure every child feels included?

If you are successful, you will receive a Conditional Job Offer.

This is when I will complete the Pre-Employment Checks:

• Verification of ID
• Right to Work in the UK
• Ensure you are on the Update Service (if not I can help you complete that process)
• Check your Enhanced DBS with the barred list
• Check your qualifications
• Contact your references with a series of questions regarding your previous experience and suitability
• Contact your references again with a phone call to validate what they have written
• Overseas check, if appropriate

If any concerning developments come to light, Miss B’s Nursery reserves the right to retract the Conditional Employment Offer.

*I will ask to see the original documents of all the checks*

You will be asked to undergo updated training on:

• Food Hygiene Awareness
• Infection Prevention and Control
• Sleep Safety
• Parent Partnership Training
• Paediatric First Aid
• Prevent Duty
• Online Safety
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Some will be asked to be completed straight after you have accepted the job, and the rest will be completed in your 12-week probation period.

Setting-Specific Training:

• Nursery software systems
• Accident forms
• Medication forms
• Registers
• Observation systems
• Daily routines
• Opening and closing procedures
• Cleaning schedules
• Key person expectations

This will consist of online training and in-person training, which is course-dependent.

You will also need to familiarise yourself with Miss B’s policies and procedures, available on our website. Also our risk assessments which will be provided to you.

A formal 12-week induction and probation programme with weekly sign-off meetings to demonstrate your competency, which is actively monitored rather than assumed. The probation period is simply a contractual period during which you assess suitability and can usually terminate employment with shorter notice if things are not working out.

I will provide a competency checklist that we can review during our scheduled check-ins. During this time, we can work together on your targets and ways to achieve them.

Purpose of the 12-Week Programme

Safeguard Children

Can you recognise, record and report concerns?

Deliver High-Quality Practice

Can you interact effectively with children and support learning?

Following Policies

Do you know what the procedures are and consistently follow them?

Work as Part of the Team

Are you reliable, professional and collaborative?

Build Parent Relationships

Can you communicate professionally with families and in a supportive manner?

You normally have three options:

1. Confirm Employment

You hold a final probation review meeting and confirm that:

• Required training has been completed.
• Safeguarding knowledge is satisfactory.
• Practice meets nursery expectations.
• Attendance and punctuality are satisfactory.
• Conduct and professionalism are satisfactory.

2. Extend Probation

If there are concerns, but you believe improvement is achievable.

Common reasons:

• Confidence issues.
• Gaps in EYFS knowledge.
• Weak observations.
• Timekeeping concerns.
• Inconsistent interactions with children.

I will clearly state:

• What concerns remain and how we can address them
• What improvements are required?
• How progress will be measured.
• Date of next review.

3. Terminate Employment

If standards are not met.

Examples:

• Poor understanding of safeguarding.
• Unsuitable conduct.
• Persistent lateness.
• Inability to perform the role.
• Failure to follow procedures.

Area of Pass/Concern:

• Safeguarding
• SEND Awareness and support
• Health & Safety
• EYFS Knowledge
• Three I's Understanding
• Quality of Interactions
• Observation & Assessment
• Parent Partnerships
• Teamwork
• Professional Conduct
• Attendance & Punctuality
• Evacuation Procedures
• Sleep safety
• First Aid
• Room routines
• Behaviour Management

Successful completion of probation requires the employee to consistently demonstrate safe safeguarding practices, positive interactions with children, an understanding of the EYFS and the Three I's, professional conduct, and a commitment to the values and ethos of Miss B's Nursery.