Nursery Senior Practitioner/ Assistant

6 months ago

Chipping Norton, United Kingdom Nära Nurseries Limited Full time

**Safeguarding Statement**

Nära Nurseries are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, families and teams. Our safer recruitment processes ensure thorough vetting of applicants. All applicants will be required to obtain a Criminal Records disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), which includes checks against the barred list.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). Staff must be prepared to disclose any convictions they may have and any orders, which have been made against them.

Our company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

**Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion**

Nära Nurseries aims to ensure that no job applicant receives less favourable treatment than another applicant. Our recruitment procedures are reviewed regularly to ensure that individuals are treated on the basis of their relevant merits and abilities and we will always strive to ensure that the staffing levels reflect the community it serves.

Job selection criteria are also regularly reviewed to ensure that they are essential for the effective performance of the job and therefore justified on non-discriminatory grounds.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**

Senior Educators take full responsibility for:

- Promoting and exemplifying the purpose, mission, vision and values of Nara Nurseries at all times.
- Ensuring excellence in early childhood education and care, which is recognised through excellent Ofsted inspection outcomes.
- Upholding our privileged responsibility to help children experience the awe and wonder of the world in which they live, through the seven areas of learning.
- Driving exceptionally high standards, facilitating a continuous improvement culture and being a professional and enthusiastic role model.

**MAIN DUTIES**

**Excellence in Early Education**
- Be alert to issues of safeguarding and child protection, ensuring that the welfare and safety of children attending the setting is promoted and follow safeguarding procedures as detailed in the settings policy and as directed by the local safeguarding team.
- Role model and provide effective play and learning opportunities for children in your care, including setting up and maintaining challenging learning environments across the setting.
- Supporting the room manager in carrying out termly supervisions, observations and cohort tracking.
- Support the room manager in overseeing the day to day running of the room, taking an active role within the senior room team.
- Inform the room manager of any problems, children’s illnesses and absences.
- Ensure the inspirational Nära Enrichment activities, curriculum and pedagogy are delivered effectively and consistently.
- Keep abreast of all local and national changes that affect early years.
- Use setting observations and information from parents to plan across all areas of learning for the differing needs of children in your key group and to enable their individual potential to be realised.
- Ensure all accidents and incidents are recorded and reported in line with company procedures.
- Keep records of your key children’s development and learning journeys and share this with parents, carers and other key adults in the child’s life.
- Work with the settings SENCO to support children causing concern and lead on the planning and monitoring of your key children’s targeted plans.
- Be vigilant in maintaining children’s wellbeing, health and safety promoting good practice within the setting and report any concerns to the setting manager.
- Build and maintain effective communication and positive relationships with other staff, parents, carers, families and relevant professionals, whilst respecting appropriate confidentiality.
- Maintain all information about children, families and the setting in a confidential manner.
- Read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role as deemed appropriate by the Manager.
- Ensure someone known and agreed by the nursery and parent collects the child
- Respect the confidentiality of all information received.
- Develop your role within the team especially with regard as a key person.
- Ensure that mealtimes are a time of pleasant social sharing.
- Ensure the children’s dietary and allergy needs are met.
- Washing and changing children as required
- To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times.
- Ensure unwell children are kept calm and safe and management is notified immediately.
- Develop and maintain strong partnerships and communications with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs.

**Inspirational Teamwork**
- Providing support to the room manager and senior management.
- Support the room manager in inducting, training, coaching, mentoring and supervising the Nursery practitioners
- Assume responsibili

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