Early Years Practitioner

Outline of Duties

1. Work as an effective member of the team delivering a flexible, high quality, stimulating education and care-centered service which meets the needs of young children and their families.

2. Contribute to the planning and implementation of a curricular programme, which meets the needs of the individual child in line with national and local policies and guidelines and quality assurance procedures.

3. Observe, record and contribute to the reporting on individual children’s progress in line with the nurseries policies and procedures particularly in the areas of health and safety, child protection and equal opportunities.

4. Provide appropriate support for children’s care needs.

5. Liaise with parents, members of multi-disciplinary teams, other establishments and agencies at an appropriate level.

6. Support as appropriate students on placement.

7. Keep up-to-date with early years initiatives and developments and to participate in continuing professional development in line with nursery policies and procedures.

8. To comply with all data protection law in the processing of personal, and special categories of personal data, in line with the council’s full privacy statement and service privacy notices.

9. To ensure the up-keep of a clean and safe environment

This list is not exhaustive, and the jobholder will be required to undertake other duties as required

The following qualifications, training, and experience are essential:

• Qualified to SVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• Have evidenced experience of working with children between the age of 0-5.
• Have excellent written and oral communication skills, confident in record keeping and report writing.

Personal attributes:

• Calm and caring approach.
• The ability to be flexible and adapt to change.
• To be willing to develop own professional skills to meet the need of the service.
• Excellent time keeping and absence record.

Shifts will vary between the hours of 6.45am-6pm Monday - Friday.

**Please note only qualified applicants will be invited to the next step of the recruitment process**

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £13.45 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Employee mentoring programme
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Work Location: In person