Early Years Practitioner/Senior Practitioner - Chatterbox Nursery Ltd
Job Posted: 31 July 2025
- Contract Term: Permanent
- Location: Ryde, Isle of Wight
- Contract Type: Full or part time
- Salary: Negotiable according to age and experience plus bonuses
- Industries: Childcare Education
Job Start Date: September
Chatterbox Nursery and Preschool are looking for a new team member.
This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a well-established, popular setting with an enviable reputation. The setting is spacious, bright and airy, with an extensive selection of resources.
We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for career progression or a more senior role and those who are newly qualified at the start of their career.
Job Role
Working with children from birth to 5 years.
The Baby Department, for children from birth to 2 years, has its own dedicated space with panoramic sea views, separate sleeping facilities and a choice of three playrooms.
During the day you will provide a safe stimulating environment encouraging babies to learn and play independently and with others, supporting them with their physical skills, sitting, crawling and walking. You will provide them with the opportunity to enjoy sensory messy play, adult led play and learning activities, and to encourage their communication skills with daily circle times including story and rhyme time.
Meal and snack time provide you with an excellent social opportunity and time to help them through the weaning process to gain independence with using utensils to feed themselves as well as promoting a lifelong healthy relationship with food.
Add to this, nappy changing and personal care, outside play, and nap time the day is packed with endless opportunities for you to contribute to the success of this department.
Our preschool, for children from 2 to 5 years, is spread over two floors with several individual playrooms, including a story room, messy playroom, large social spaces, classrooms for school readiness and access to a safe well equipped garden.
Your duties will include, supporting a happy, safe play environment where the adults are providing good role models to help children develop their social skills, leaning to share and play with others, encouraging good speech and language skills and promoting positive behaviour.
The daily activities consist of circle time which includes, story’s, rhymes and phonics, creative play, adult led learning activities, child led group and independent play, meal and snack times, toileting and personal care, and outside play.
The key Person role involves building a relationship with the children to effectively monitor their progress and to offer support and guidance to enable them to thrive and progress.
Qualifications/Experience
Applicants must hold a recognised Early Years Qualification
Level 3 or above is preferable
Previous experience working with children
Renumeration
Pay is above minimum wage rates (according to age and experience)
Paid Training
Holiday buy back
Additional bonuses
To apply please send your CV to: [email protected] or Call Amanda on 01983 616779 for further information.
Chatterbox Nursery Ltd
Chatterbox is a well-established private full time childcare facility, offering nursery and preschool places for children from birth to five years. We are open 52 weeks a year from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. The setting is based in a large Georgian house with more than twelve well-resourced rooms, which are bright, airy, and decorated with the childrens work. The outside space provides a safe, private garden which can be enjoyed in all weathers. Chatterbox provides a happy and stimulating environment, with the right mix of structure, education, and social time to help every child reach their full potential and go on to have the best life chances, which is achieved by providing excellent care and good quality early years education from the start of their journey. The staffing team at Chatterbox put the children first, they work together to make every day stimulating and exciting, including story and rhyme time, outside play, adult led learning activities, arts, crafts, messy play, and plenty of opportunity to play and socialise. Children are encouraged to develop their skills and personality that make them who they are, to be praised for their achievements and to support them through managing their feelings and behaviours. Freshly cooked food and snacks are provided by the cook and at the end of every day the cleaner comes in to make sure the setting is kept clean. Chatterbox has built an excellent reputation over the past 30 years.
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