Early Years Practitioner

3 months ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom The Centre Playgroup Full time

**Post :Early Year Practitioner 35 hours (Permanent Term Time Only)**

**The Centre Playgroup**

**Starting Salary £21,840 per year**

**The vacancy**

**Are you a qualified Early years Practitioner who is experienced in supporting young children aged 3-5 flourish and grow? We are looking for a friendly, caring and nurturing individual to join our dedicated team at The Centre Playgroup.**

**Job purpose**:

- To work as an effective member of a team, delivering a flexible, high quality, early learning and child care service that meets the individual needs of young children and their families.

**Terms of employment**
- You will work from 8am to 3pm, Monday - Friday for a maximum of 190 days per academic year during Term Time only.
- You may be required to attend up to 5 in-service days for staff and team development.
- New employees will undertake a 6-months’ probation period.

**Job Outline: Early Years Practitioner**:

- Responsible for a Key Group of children.

**- **Carry out observations on your group to support and nurture their interests and learning.
- Responsible for the planning and delivery of activities which meet the individual developmental needs of children.
- Monitor, track and record children’s development and wellbeing through Personal Care Plan and Learning Profiles.
- Liaise with parents/carers regarding their child’s developmental progress.
- Responsible in assisting in the daily setting up, clear away and running of the playroom
- Participate in development planning and policy review
- Participate in Planning and Monitoring the Curriculum

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**
- Provide and maintain welcoming, safe, fun, stimulating and hygienic environment for children.
- Responsible for promoting and safeguarding the rights and wellbeing of children.
- Observe, monitor and interact with children to enhance their learning.
- Ensure children’s learning and development is tracked and imputed appropriately online and in personal files.
- Build and maintain good working relationships with parents and carers.
- Communicate and work collaboratively and in partnership with children, parents/carers team members and other agencies.
- Assist in Welcoming and seeing off children.
- Attend training and development courses as agreed with the Nursery Manager
- Effectively contribute at staff meetings.
- Assist in all creating communications, newsletter etc. to ensure that parents/carers are kept informed of group activities (as appropriate).
- Carry out all duties with due regard to the health and safety of all group users, staff and visitors.
- Such other duties as may from time to time be agreed with the Nursery Manager and or committee.

**Person Specification**

1. **Experience**:

- Previous experience of working with young children in an Early Years setting.

2. **Educational Qualifications** - Those employed as an Early Years Practitioner are required to hold a relevant Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) registration or agree to register as a practitioner.

**3. Skills/Attributes General**
- Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
- Good interpersonal and social skills with the ability to relate and communicate with adults and children.
- Flexible, Reliable, Self-Reflective.
- Good Time management.
- Ability to work under instruction and using own initiative.
- An expectation to undertake appropriate Continued Professional Development (CPD) opportunities.

**4. Skills/Abilities specific to the post**
- Kind and caring nature
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Ability to respond calmly and efficiently in an emergency ensuring all necessary procedures are followed.
- Ability to support a positive and productive working environment.
- Ensure and adhere to standards as set out by Scottish Social Services Codes of Conduct.
- Ensure confidentiality at all times(as appropriate).
- Experience of planning and implementing the Curriculum for Excellence
- Good working knowledge of current Scottish Government good practice Frameworks, Standards and Documentation including:

- Curriculum for Excellence, National Care Standards, HGIOELC, Realising the Ambition,
- Good working knowledge of implementing current quality standards required by Care Inspectorate, Education Scotland and other relevant bodies.
- Confidence in using a wide range of technologies.
- First aid certificate is preferred along with a clean UK driving license.

**Staff Benefits**
- Starting £21,840 per year
- **Salary Meets National Living Wage (paid **4 weekly x13 times a year).
- Provider of Peoples Pension
- Opportunities for career progression.
- Continuous professional Development supported.

**- **Staff uniform provided (mandatory).
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday 35 hours a week
- No weekends

School type:

- Day nursery
- Preschool

Application question(s):

- How many years of Childcare experience do you have?

Work Location: In person

**Person specification**

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