Key Person- Early Years Setting

7 months ago

Maidstone, United Kingdom Maidstone Mencap Charitable Trust Ltd Full time

**JOB DESCRIPTION - Key Person**

As a registered provider of Nursery education, we strive to provide the highest quality of care and education for all our children, ensuring that they are happy, safe, and secure within our setting.

The role as a Key Person will.
- Work as part of a team and under the direction of the manager, to support the aims and objectives of the Playschool, and assist in the organisation of a high-quality establishment for the children.
- Provide high standards of childcare and education - to include the monitoring and reviews of our provision, to provide a safe, caring environment to enable the emotional, social, and educational development of children, through individual attention and group activities.

**Responsible To**:
Child and Young Person Welfare Manager, Playschool Deputy Manager, Board of Trustees Maidstone Mencap Charitable Trust

**Purpose of the Job**:

- To ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children from differing cultures and religious backgrounds, and their stages of development.
- To ensure that four overarching principles shape the best practice ethos within the Playschool.

that every child is a unique child.

that children learn to be strong and independent through **positive relationships.**

**that children learn and develop well in **enabling environments.*

that children **develop and learn **in different ways and at different rates.

**Roles and Responsibilities**:

- To continuously seek personal development for a thorough understanding and knowledge of the Statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) supporting the developmental needs of the children in our care
- To ensure the quality and consistency of care in our setting, supports all children to make good progress, in a safe, secure, and happy environment.
- To ensure that all the Policies & Procedures within the Playschool are complied with, supporting the Mandatory Welfare Requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. These are written under the headings

Safeguarding

Health and Safety

Information and Records

(Ofsted and inspectorates have regard to the EYFS in conducting inspections and will report on the quality and standards of our setting.)
- To Act in the role of a Key Person for a key group of children. To ensure that every child’s care is tailored to meet their individual needs, to support each child to become familiar with our setting, to offer a consistent relationship for the child and their parent/carer.
- To provide a secure foundation for the children in our care, through well planned learning and development opportunities, supporting the needs and interests of each individual child which are assessed and reviewed regularly.
- To work in partnership with parents/ carers other practitioners and other outside support agencies, to share information to support each child in their learning and development.

**Main Duties**:
Children’s learning and development:

- Working with guidance from the EYFS learning and development requirements, ensure that the seven areas of learning and development shape the planning of activities and experiences for the individual children, support their achievements, curiosity, and enthusiasm for learning.
- To consider the individual needs of the children, reflecting on the different way’s children learn, (Characteristics of Effective Learning) to effectively guide and plan appropriate opportunities, resources, and activities.:

- To support the Manager to ensure that the role of “Key Person” meets the safeguarding and welfare requirements. Parents/ Carers to understand the role and be encouraged to share information to ensure that the children’s learning and care is tailored to meet their individual needs.
- To ensure ongoing assessment (formative assessment) is an integral part of the planning for the children’s learning and development. Observations to understand the children’s level of achievement, interest and learning styles must be reflected on to the shape the learning experiences for each child. As a key person day to day observations about the children’s progress must be responded to as should the observations that parents share.
- Parents to be kept up to date with their child’s progress and development. Completion of a monthly “unique progress” record must show the children’s achievements and support the next step planning towards targeted outcomes of each child. Consultations with parents should encourage the sharing of information to support potential learning at home.

Children’s safeguarding and welfare:

- To support manager in ensuring are healthy, safe, and secure within the playschool setting. That their individual needs are met, and that they have positive relationships with all the adults caring for them.
- To understand our safeguarding policies and procedures. To have knowledge of safeguarding concerns to be able to identify signs of poss

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