Our Team
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Pride and Passion
At Shenfield Day Nursery, our team takes immense pride in their roles as early years practitioners. With a passion for nurturing young minds, our staff brings a diverse range of skills and talents, fostering a fantastic team camaraderie. Many of our team members have extensive experience, with upwards of 5, 10, 15, and 20 years in early years education, providing a unique blend of maturity and life experience to our setting.
Qualifications
We are proud to share that 98% of our team is qualified in Early Years and Childcare to Levels 2, 3, 5, and beyond, bringing exceptional strength to our nursery. We are committed to providing training and continuous professional development, along with a staff wellbeing programme to support our team.
Celebrations
We regularly celebrate the strengths and efforts of our team, encouraging direct feedback through our open-door style management and all-staff presentations. One of the great strengths of our smaller nursery is that our staff members often know all the children throughout the nursery, further fostering the family environment we cherish at Shenfield Day Nursery.
Our Management Team
Nicola
Manager, Shenfield Day Nursery
My career in Early Education began in 2007 when I worked at a local nursery as an apprentice, I very quickly really realised that caring and supporting young children was my calling and over the years my passion for delivery exceptional childcare to young children and their families evolved. I am a very proud mum to 3 beautiful children who have taught me so much about parenting and raising children and how our interactions influence and impact children and how magical these early years are.
Due to personal battle of ill health in 2020 which lead me to study at The College of Naturopathic Medicine in London, I have gained have a wealth of knowledge in naturopathic nutritional therapy which aligns beautifully with my passion for creating curriculum delivery that supports the whole child inside out, from nutritious food, social, emotional & Mental wellbeing, feelings of safety & security, inspiring a love of learning, as well as creating awe and wonder in the world around them by building enriching and engaging environments & experiences for all children.
I am passionate about people, invested in mentoring and cheerleading my teams to reach their professional potential, as well as supporting families in any way I can.
TBA
Deputy Manager, Shenfield Day Nursery
Sharon
Assistant Deputy Manager, Shenfield Day Nursery
I started my working career in Health and Social Care at the age of 18 and worked in that sector for many years, although I always had a desire to work in the childcare sector to help children to learn and grow. In 2012, I became a nursery practitioner in a baby room and I worked my way up to a room leader position.
I fell in love with the sector and believe there’s nothing better than helping a child to achieve their full potential. I started working at Shenfield day nursery in 2019 as the deputy manager of the breakfast club. It was amazing to work with the older age group and get an insight to how different this age group were as I had been used to working with the under 2’s.
Since being at Shenfield Day Nursery, I have also worked in the pre-school room and currently lead our toddler room (Pooh Bears), alongside my role as assistant deputy manager. It’s so amazing to see the different levels of learning throughout each age group and watching them hit all their milestones is just a joy and a privilege. I am excited to embark on the journey of becoming our breakfast and after school club manager here at Shenfield Day Nursery.
I feel blessed to be able to try and make an impact in all the different children’s lives I will be working with.
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Staff Benefits
- Generous staff discount on child fees
- Induction programme
- Company pension scheme
- Complimentary staff parties
- In-house training & access to further training courses
- Approachable open door policy of management
- New buddy scheme
Internal Nursery Wellbeing
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Complimentary staff team building events
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Monthly restaurant voucher
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Annual Awards Ceremony
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Monthly effort award
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Online complimentary pilates/meditone sessions
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Mini podcasts on wellbeing (hydration, nutrition, sleep, mental wellbeing, menopause)
External support available for wellbeing
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Free Counselling Helpline Assistance for you to discuss ANY matter that is causing you upset or anxiety from personal problems to bereavement.
This is a free and completely confidential service to our employees.
Plus More
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Generous staff finders fees
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Annual Staff Surveys where ideas are progressed
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Regular all staff management presentations to engage with staff on nursery development plans
Vacancies
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If you can’t see any positions suitable, please still fill in the form and we’ll let you know when a suitable position opens.
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