by Karin Gerwat | Nov 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
What is bullying? Is it simple banter? Is it harmless? Does it happen a lot in the workplace – nursery, pre school, Montessori and the like? Recently there has been a lot written in the press especially about Azeem Rafiq who suffered racial harassment and...
by Karin Gerwat | Nov 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Since the COVID pandemic remote and telephone interviewing has become more popular due to childcare settings such as nurseries, pre schools, Montessori schools all needing to practice social distancing and limiting the number of people visiting to limit the spread of...
by Karin Gerwat | Oct 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
Have you heard of the three I’s? If not then do not worry as a lot of childcare practitioners have not. This was introduced 18 months to 2 years ago and unfortunately as training slowed down due to COVID not everyone was taught this. The recent update to...
by Karin Gerwat | Oct 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
This is an interesting topic and is being discussed this morning on the Channel 5 Jeremy Vine show. If a shift starts at 9am do you turn up to work at 9am, take off your coat and put your items into a locker and then go to whatever room you are working in? Or do you...
by Karin Gerwat | Oct 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
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by Karin Gerwat | Sep 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
As a Recruitment Agency we at Keiki Early Years Recruitment feel that we have an obligation to both candidates who apply for nursery positions as well as to our Clients who own the nurseries, to get it right and to put forward the right people for nursery jobs....
by Karin Gerwat | Sep 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
It is never nice when you have applied for the job of your dreams as a Nursery Nurse, Nursery Room Leader, Deputy or Nursery Manager at an amazing nursery, you plan what you are going to say and wear, you do, in your opinion, everything right and yet you are told “I...
by Karin Gerwat | Sep 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
You go to work in a nursery, pre school, Montessori or whatever style of childcare setting day in and day out and at the end of the month you look at your wage slip and feel that you should be earning more. So what should you do? It is tempting to go to the Nursery...
by Karin Gerwat | Sep 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
You land the job of your dreams at a nursery/pre school/Montessori and a year goes by, then two and then three and yet you are still in the same position. You see others being promoted and yet you are being passed by which leaves you feeling frustrated and unwanted....
by Karin Gerwat | Sep 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
You study hard for around a year to gain your Level 3 in Childcare, Children and Young People Workforce, Early Years etc and you do not have a GCSE pass in Maths or English or Functional Skills Level 2 can you class yourself as Level 3 qualified? The answer is “no”...
