Eyfs Assistant in Childcare Setting

3 months ago

Yelverton, United Kingdom Tiny Wilds Full time

**An exciting opportunity for a kindergarten assistant is available at Tiny Wilds, a beautiful outdoor based childcare setting located in a wild garden on an organic smallholding on the edge of Dartmoor. **We are looking for someone experienced, passionate and committed to their future in the area of childcare and education, as well as being excited at the prospect of being part of and instrumental in the development of this growing educational setting.

Tiny Wilds is a childcare setting (run by a childminder plus two assistants) that focuses on creative, active and nature-based learning for children aged 2-4. As of January we have opened an additional space to offer learning for flexi/home-school children from 4- 8 called Mighty Wilds. **Both Tiny Wilds and Mighty Wilds are led by experienced early years and primary teachers**. We have a strong interest in diverse educational approaches in both settings; we are open to old and new, mainstream, alternative, national and international methods of education, to help us offer the best to our children.

**We are looking for an assistant (ideally with a Waldorf or forest school background) to support the teacher in the day to day running of Tiny Wilds. **They will support the children in their learning, following our daily rhythm and allowing the children to lead their play. They will believe in our ethos and ways of working with the children, but also will be open to reflect on our practice together to build and develop Tiny Wilds further. They will also be enthusiastic about spending time outside in a variety of weather and share this enthusiasm with the children

Tiny and Mighty Wilds operates from a wild and rugged garden on an organic farm and wildlife project during term times. We are located in a river valley on the edge of Dartmoor, 4 miles from Tavistock. Tiny Wilds is a beautiful, windowed yurt whilst Mighty Wilds is a cosy, light, wood cabin, both set in a half acre natural garden, which provides the freedom and exhilaration of outside, free-flow play. The extraordinary nature accessible to Tiny Wilds is hard to find anywhere in the UK and our children have access to the ancient forests, SSSI land, boulder-strewn river and bluebell meadows that belong to the founders, as well as open moorland and organically farmed animals. On the farm we keep sheep, chickens, geese, pigs, ducks, ponies, cows and goats and have a lovely big gentle dog and a friendly fluffy cat.

The right applicant will be kind, gentle, relaxed and intelligent, whilst also being conscientious, organised and efficient, with good initiative and a natural enjoyment of engaging with children. We celebrate all the main UK holidays, both pagan and mainstream and we are looking for someone who will enjoy joining in with these fun and magical events.

**Desired skills**:

- Waldorf trained/ experience or interest
- Energy, enthusiasm, stamina, patience, dedication, resilience and self-discipline
- Confidence in yourself and the ability to perform in the role
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
- Initiative, supervisory skills and team working abilities
- Imagination, creativity and a sense of humour
- Good judgement and reflective

**Main duties and responsibilities**
- To provide high standard physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children in the setting.
- To assist with parent relationships
- To help deliver the EYFS curriculum ensuring individual needs and interests are met.
- To help keep records of the children’s learning and development and learning journeys and share these with parents, carers and significant people including professionals.
- To build strong relationships and effectively manage behaviour
- To use the local natural environment as a tool to plan, teach and deliver the EYFS curriculum
- To advise the class teacher of any concerns about the children, parents, safety of the environment.
- To work with the manager and other staff members to ensure that the Tiny Wilds philosophy and ethos is fulfilled and where possible developed and improved upon
- To read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role and to the safe running of the setting.
- To develop your role within the team and be open to taking on new responsibilities.

Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified. Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.

**Necessary skills and experience**:

- Childcare experience with children aged 2-4
- Enthusiasm for spending large amounts of time outdoors in varying weathers and for sharing that enthusiasm with children.
- The ability to help scaffold an environment for play-based, child-led learning.
- Excellent skills in working as part of a small and close-knit team
- Good understanding a

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