Childcare Practitioner

**CHILDCARE PRACTITIONER**
B.A.S.I.C. and Corner House Nursery are seeking a qualified Childcare Practitioner to work in their busy Nursery. The post offered is full time, 20 hours (approximately per week).

**Hours of work**: Monday:8am-6pm & Tuesday 8am-6pm (term time)

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Respond to children’s individual needs with kindness, sensitivity, and patience.
- Provide pastoral care and support to children within a secure learning environment.
- Deliver play and learning experiences for children both indoors and outdoors.
- Support children’s curiosity and knowledge
- Inspire and enthuse children to develop a love of learning.
- Ensure knowledge of best practice remains up to date.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of the service.
- Observe and record child’s progress.
- Develop partnerships with parents/carers to increase involvement in their child’s learning.
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be an effective team member.
- Implement daily routines and practices.
- Attend staff meetings and staff training when required.
- Ensure exceptional standards of daily care with regard to children’s physical, emotional and intellectual development and keep relevant records up to date.
- Ensure early years curriculum knowledge is sound and be familiar with all current early year’s documents.
- Contribute to ongoing quality monitoring and planning for improvement.
- Undertake other duties as requested from time to time by the manager.

**JOB SPECIFICATION**
**Qualifications required**:
**Experience **Experience of working with children age 2 to not yet attending school.

**Professional and Curriculum development**:An awareness of current developments in early year’s education. **Desirable**:Evidence of involvement in relevant professional development.

**Personal Skills**:Have a high level of organisational skills and the ability to plan and execute a range of task independently. **Desirable**: Enthusiasm for working within a childcare environment.

**Communication Skills**:Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with young children, parents and staff in a range of formats. **Desirable**:Confident on paper and verbally. Good ICT skills. Have a sense of fun.

**Interpersonal Skills**:Ability to work as member of a team. Positive, motivating outlook and supportive of others. **Desirable**:Effective listener and communicator. Tolerance of and supportive of others, be able to show empathy to others.

**Ethos**:Happy, caring, compassionate and friendly personality. **Desirable**:Willingness to beinvolved in wider activities that enhance the service we provide to our children and families.Ability to foster a positive ethos.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent, Fixed term contract

Pay: £10.90-£11.20 per hour

Expected hours: 20 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

School type:

- Day nursery

Ability to commute/relocate:

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

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 28/06/2024
Expected start date: 14/08/2024