Early Years Support Worker

3 weeks ago

Dundee, United Kingdom High School of Dundee Full time

**Early Years Support Worker (Fixed Term)**

**Department**:
Nursery

**Hours**:
30 hours per week, term time plus 3 weeks in the summer holidays

**Working Pattern**:
6 hours per day with a half hour unpaid break

**Salary**:
£10.33 per hour

**Contract Type**:
Fixed term starting April 2023 for approximately 12 months

**Reporting to**:
Nursery Manager

**Direct Reports**:
N/A

**Location**:
Nursery

**The Role**

**Job Purpose**:
The Early Years Support Worker will work as part of a team to support the education and care of young children aged 3 to 5 years.

**Key Outputs & Responsibilities**:

- Support Early Years practitioners and managers in meeting the needs of all children
- Support children individually, or in a group, to access all activities in the playrooms and outdoors
- Liaise with other nursery staff to share information about individual children
- Follow health and safety and child protection guidelines and procedures at all times
- Assist in the organising, layout and clearing of the indoor and outdoor play areas ensuring all equipment is hygienic and well maintained
- Attend to all aspects of children’s care and wellbeing, including assisting with toileting and changing, administering first aid and medication
- Fostering and maintaining good relations with children, colleagues and parents
- Assist Early Years Practitioners in assessment and progress monitoring for children
- Engage in Staff Review and CPD appropriate to the post
- Ensure the positive management of children’s behaviour at all times
- Cover for EYPs in their absence, for example by taking over their groups and the associated paperwork
- Be responsible for a small key group of children and all associated paperwork and meetings, when necessary, with support and advice from other staff
- Undertaking such other duties as the Nursery Manager or Rector may from time to time determine

**Person Specification**

**Essential**:

- Empathy with children-especially aged 3-5
- Enthusiasm and drive
- An open and approachable manner
- The ability to work within a team
- Good oral communication skills
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to communicate and liaise effectively and sensitively with parents
- A commitment to ongoing professional development
- Ability to work on own initiative

**Desirable**:

- Experience of working with young children
- NC in Early Education and Childcare at SCQF Level 6 / SVQ Social Services (Children and Young People) at SCQF Level 6 or equivalent. Applications from individuals who would like to complete a modern apprenticeship qualification through this role would be welcome.
- Flexibility and a sense of humour
- Basic IT skills
- **The School requires all newly appointed staff to undertake a check with the Scottish Criminal Records Office in line with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (‘PVG’) Scheme. Offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory registration with the PVG Scheme.**_
- **The job description is written as an indication of the nature and scope of duties and responsibilities. It is not intended as a fully descriptive or definitive list and jobholders will be expected to carry out other duties assigned which are appropriate to the role.**_

**How your information will be used**

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**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £10.33 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

School type:

- Day nursery
- Private nursery school

Ability to commute/relocate:

- DUNDEE: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Nursery: 1 year (preferred)
- Childcare: 1 year (preferred)
- Management: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 01/03/2023
Reference ID: Early Years Support Worker

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