Nursery in Quinton - Early Years Practitioner (37.5 hours per week) Monarch Education is currently recruiting an experienced and dedicated Early Years Practitioner to join a well-established Nursery in Quinton. This role offers 37.5 hours per week, on a varied shift pattern. The ideal candidate will have previous experience working within a UK Nursery environment and hold a recognised Early Years Qualification. Your responsibilities will include providing high-quality care and education to children aged 0 to 5 years, supporting their development through engaging and age-appropriate activities in a nurturing setting. Key responsibilities include: Planning and implementing stimulating activities aligned with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). Supporting children's emotional, social, and physical development. Ensuring compliance with Nursery policies, safeguarding procedures, and health & safety regulations. Building positive relationships with children, colleagues, and parents. Observing, assessing, and recording children's progress and developmental milestones. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong understanding of early childhood development, excellent communication skills, and a genuine passion for working with young children. Monarch Education are proud to be a leading recruitment specialist in the Education industry. We are passionate about our people and the services we provide to our candidates. Working with Monarch Education will give you access too: Flexible working opportunities Affinity Academy - continuous learning and development! A Refer a Friend Scheme giving you a bonus of up to £200 Exclusive vacancies within local Schools and Multi Academy Trusts Competitive daily rates To learn more about us and what makes Monarch one of the leading education recruitment providers nationwide - please visit our website - About Us - Monarch (monarcheducation.co.uk) Monarch Education are committed to providing equal opportunities for all candidates and welcomes applications regardless of sex, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief pregnancy and maternity or disability as well as adhering to strict Safeguarding procedures. Affinity Workforce Solutions and Monarch Education are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people and expects all its temporary workers to share these commitments. As this role involves working with children on a daily basis, regulated activity is that any successful applicant's applications will, accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to 2 employment references, an enhanced DBS check and a right to work in the UK check. This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. Monarch Education operate in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently UK residents and eligible to work in the UK. Whilst we will endeavour to contact you following your response, due to the high volume of applications we regret that this cannot always be possible. If you have not had notification from us within 30 days please take your application as not being successful this time but we will keep your details on file for future opportunities. MON15