Child & Family/Nursery Practitioner (South Greenwich – Kidbrooke & Eltham)

GLL is seeking an enthusiastic and multi-talented Child & Family/Nursery Practitioner to join our Children’s Centre teams across South Greenwich, covering Kidbrooke and Eltham.

If you are a passionate Child & Family/Nursery Practitioner who enjoys working with young children and their families, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference in the community.

The Basics

• Role: Child & Family/Nursery Practitioner
• Hours: 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• Occasional work: Some Saturdays for open days
• Contract: Term time only
• Pay: £14.80 per hour 

The Role

As a Child & Family/Nursery Practitioner, you will work across both nursery settings and Children’s Centres, giving you a varied and rewarding role. You will help create a safe, stimulating, and inclusive environment for children under five while supporting local families through engaging programmes and activities.

This role offers the best of both worlds—combining nursery practice with community-based family support.

You will:

• Support children’s physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development
• Plan and deliver activities tailored to individual needs
• Encourage independence, confidence, and curiosity
• Work closely with colleagues and partner agencies to deliver accessible, inclusive services

What You’ll Do

• Plan and deliver engaging EYFS-based activities for children of different ages and stages
• Observe, assess, and support children’s development through effective record-keeping
• Build positive relationships with parents/carers through regular communication
• Support children from diverse backgrounds, including those with English as an additional language
• Contribute to a safe, inclusive, and stimulating learning environment
• Supervise children indoors, outdoors, and on outings, ensuring safeguarding at all times

What You’ll Need

• NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Childcare/Child Development (or equivalent)
• Experience working with children under five and their families
• Strong understanding of EYFS, safeguarding, and child protection
• Knowledge of Ofsted Children’s Centre requirements
• Experience of play-based learning approaches
• Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusive practice
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
• A positive, proactive team-focused approach

Why Join GLL?

This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated Child & Family/Nursery Practitioner to join a supportive and community-focused organisation, where you can grow professionally while making a meaningful impact on children and families.

If you are a motivated and caring Child & Family/Nursery Practitioner ready to take the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you.

Child & Family/Nursery Practitioner (South Greenwich – Kidbrooke & Eltham)

As a charitable social enterprise owned by its staff GLL has a great range of benefits for its employees:

• A values driven organisation

• Learning & development to support career development

• Good pension schemes

• Discounted gym membership for you and your partner

• A full-time permanent position

• The opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say on how we run plus associated events

• Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal

• Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria

• Career Pathways, professional development is just the start. To ensure your stay on top of your game we provide training with practical and theory elements too

• Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras)

• 25% off Red Letter Days

• 25% off Buy a Gift

• 20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products

• Ride to work scheme

• Free eye tests and discounted glasses

About GLL:

As the UK’s largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries and children’s centres.

Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.

One of our core values is ‘More than a Job’, because working with us opens a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we’re having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time work options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.

If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7 day a week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you.

So, whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support or working with children, you’ll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.

Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Gold Award employer.

However, if you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people’s lives.

We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams.

All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications, and location.