Job Title: Early Years Practitioner
Responsible To: Nursery Manager/Deputy Headteacher/
Headteacher/Director
Salary: Up to £19,000 – depending on experience and qualifications
Contract Type: Permanent and plus benefits
Hours/Work Pattern: Full and part time positions, term time and non- term time. Must attend all staff meetings and training
Job Description:
This nursery are looking to appoint full and part time level 2 and 3 Early Years Educators who are passionate, hard working, and versatile to join our busy team. You must hold a full and relevant childcare level 3 or above qualification; NNEB, CACHE, BTEC or NVQ consisting of the Early Years Foundation Stage. Also will need to have a good knowledge of the effective teaching and learning across Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and be committed to supporting the children to reach their full potential. To work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, develop and learn. To build and maintain strong partnership working with parents to enable children’s needs to be met. Assigned keyworker to children and completed their learning journals regularly. Safeguarding knowledge and training
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
• To effectively deliver the EYFS ensuring that the individual needs and interest of children in the setting are met (in conjunction with other team members)
• To keep records of your key children’s development and learning journeys and share with parents, carers and other key adults in the child’s life
• Support all staff and engage in a good staff team
• To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communication with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs
• To ensure the provision of a high quality environment to meet the needs of individual children having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures and medical histories
• To advise manager/deputy/room leader of any concerns, e.g. over children, parents, the safety of the environment, preserving confidentiality as necessary
• To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, additional nursery activities, etc
• To be flexible within working practices of the setting, undertaking other responsible duties where needed, such as domestic tasks, preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment, etc
• To work alongside the manager and staff team to ensure that the setting’s philosophy is fulfilled
• To read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role and the safe running of the setting
• To develop your role within the team, especially with regard to being a key person
• To keep completely confidential any information regarding the children, their families or other staff that is acquired as part of the job
• To be aware of the high profile of the setting and to uphold its standards at all times, both in work hours and outside
• To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times
• To record any accidents and incidents and report to manager and parents/cares
Click here to download Early Years Educator Person Specification
The setting is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. A full-enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) and pre employment health checks will be obtained prior to employment, including satisfactory references checks.
