Early Years Practitioner Level 3
Full and Part time positions (No less than 20 hours per week, typically closer to 35)
Bilston
National Minimum Wage: £7.55 – £12.21 per hour
Due to increasing demand, our client is looking to hire multiple staff for their nursery. They have just opened a fourth room. Could you be the perfect person to work alongside their long-standing staff team?
The Job
To provide high quality care for all the children in their setting and to ensure that they make progress in their learning and development ready to start school. Postholders have a responsibility to safeguard all children and promote the children’s wellbeing.
Our client provides quality, affordable childcare to the community. They expect all staff that they recruit to be professional at all times, caring, highly motivated and enthusiastic about their role, when working in partnership, alongside their team and with the children and families that they provide childcare for.
Main Responsibilities:
1. To work together with the Nursery Manager and Nursery Practitioners to sustain a high standard of education and care for the children who attend the setting.
2. To adhere and understand how to put into practice their policies, procedures and risk assessments and ensure that their individual practice is in accordance with these.
3. To follow procedures in a timely manner when referring a safeguarding concern or disclosure in line with our client’s procedures, policies and local authority guidelines.
4. To do observations, tracking of the children’s development, planning, assessment and preparation / maintenance of learning journeys and records of the children. Staff should also have a good knowledge of their children and families in their key group / base room. All staff should complete appropriate paperwork ensuring that it is up to date.
5. To prepare focused activities and continuous provision throughout their learning environment, ensuring that it is in a safe and secure setting.
6. To work together in partnership with families, other staff, other professionals and agencies that the child / nursery work with.
7. To adhere to their employee handbook terms.
8. To participate in regular appraisals, supervisions, peer on peer observations and complete a successful induction period.
9. To attend parent’s evenings, staff training, staff meetings and other nursery events unless sincere reason is given for not being able to.
10. To report and record any accidents and incidents, following our client’s procedures and guidance, taking action as necessary.
11. To take appropriate action with regard to complaints and take part in investigations if required.
12. To supervise children at meal and snack times, ensuring that all dietary requirements are followed, and a healthy environment is promoted by adhering to procedures and guidelines set by our client. Sometimes staff may be required to prepare meals and snacks, once food hygiene training has been received.
13. To dress appropriately, adhering to our client’s dress code and maintain appearance and behaviour with the high standards of their nursery.
14. To exhibit a flexible and whole-hearted, enthusiastic attitude.
15. To be willing to participate in further training to aid continuous professional development, reflect on own practice and look at ways to continuously develop. To keep up to date with relevant practices and guidelines. To participate in regular Safeguarding and Child Protection training (initial training during induction then yearly updates), contribute to discussions regarding safeguarding procedures at staff meetings and understand their safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures.
Nursery staff will be required to maintain a high level of cleanliness through undertaking opening up and closing down procedures, which may include cleaning, washing and tidying to ensure the general upkeep of the nursery rooms and resources. Staff will be responsible for cleaning toys regularly to promote hygiene and lower the risk of germs spreading. Staff will also need to follow procedures to make sure that bathrooms remain clean after use. This will include nappy changing areas and bathrooms being thoroughly cleaned after use and kept tidy. These duties are fairly shared between all staff.
It is the duty of all employees to take reasonable care of themselves and others whilst at work. They ask that staff co-operate with their co-workers and management to ensure the nursery is a safe working environment and that all staff are vigilant to potential hazards.
Our client is looking for a fun-loving individual who is not afraid to get stuck in with the children, and play along, developing imagination and nurturing curiosity.
They are looking to hire a Fully Qualified, Experienced Level 3 Practitioner. Please note the Level 3 must be relevant to Early Years, this will be checked using the DFE checklist as required by the Early Years Statutory Framework.
Knowledge and Experience:
16. Previous experience of working within an Early Years setting is desired
17. SEN experience is desired
18. Level 3 qualification or above in Early Years / Childcare
19. Knowledge of the EYFS development matters and statutory framework is required
Benefits:
20. Childcare
21. Company events
22. Company pension
23. Employee discount
24. Employee mentoring programme
25. Free parking
26. Health & wellbeing programme
27. On-site parking
Apply today with an up-to-date CV.