Early Years Practitioner

4 weeks ago

Preston, United Kingdom Cottam Nursery School Full time

**Practitioner role, term time setting with some holiday club wraparound available if need all year round, Monday-Friday minimum hours 8.30 - 3.30 with 1 x 8am start and 1 x 5pm finish.**

**Can consider both full time and part time applicants.**

**About our nursery**:
Cottam Nursery School is an Ofsted Outstanding nursery school that offers very personalised childcare and education for children from 2-5 years. Our family-run children’s nursery is situated in the old village school. Our fundamental principle is to ‘celebrate childhood’. We support and enhance children’s learning and development in a way that enables them to have fun and truly enjoy this very precious period in their lives.

Since its inception over 30 years ago, Cottam Nursery School prides itself on a strong sense of family and community. It organises and participates in local events all year round. The nursery has excellent links with the local community. In addition to the close relationships, we maintain with parents, our open-door policy and excellent family links, including ‘learning journeys’, are often complemented with educational interaction from special guests. They always add value to a wide range of fun activities.

The Nursery School has gone from strength to strength over the past few years, receiving an Ofsted Outstanding in October 2018. We require an individual with the right qualifications, experience, personality and drive to support the growth of our nursery, learn and embrace our values and who may potentially take on a leadership role.
- To effectively deliver the new EYFS ensuring that the individual needs and interest of children in the setting are met.
- To act as a key worker to your designated group of children.
- To keep records of your key children’s development and learning journals and share with parents, carers and other key adults in the child’s life and ensuring each child’s needs are recognised and met.
- To capture evidence to create and share early learning journey’s through the Tapestry system.
- To complete relevant forms concerning your key children’s early learning journey within a set, reasonable time frame. This includes, but is not limited to, baseline assessments, two-year checks, termly progress reports, summative assessment and transition documents.
- Support all members of staff and maintain strong professional relationships that enable children’s needs to be met effectively.
- To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communication with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs.
- To ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children whilst having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures and medical histories.
- To assist in setting up the playrooms for the daily programme and to help tidy away at the end of sessions.
- To advise the manager/deputy of any concerns, e.g. over children, parents, the safety of the environment, preserving confidentiality as necessary.
- To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, staff meetings, open days, parent’s evenings, etc.
- To be flexible within working practices of the setting, undertaking other responsible duties where needed.
- To work alongside the manager and staff team to ensure that the setting’s philosophy is fulfilled.
- To read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role and the safe running of the setting.
- To keep completely confidential any information regarding the children, their families or other staff that is acquired as part of the job.
- To consistently operate within nursery policies on Equality and Diversity, promoting equal opportunities for all staff and children in relation to gender, race, disability, and special educational needs.
- To be aware of the high profile of the setting and to uphold its standards at all times, both during work hours and outside.
- To support nursery assistants, students and volunteers.
- To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times.
- To participate as an active member of the team, involved in planning and implementing a suitable range of activities for the children in their care.

**Person Specification**
- (E) = Essential (D) = Desirable_

**Education and Training**
- Relevant and recognised Level 3 qualification (childcare or early years), or willingness to train to this level - E
- Desire to continue with professional development - E
- Recent Paediatric First Aid certificate - D
- Recent Safeguarding Level 1 training - D
- Basic Food Hygiene - D

**Relevant Experience**
- Experience of working with children - E
- Experience of working in an early years setting (at least two years) - E
- Experience of implementation of the EYFS - E
- Experience of working in partnership with parents - E
- Experience in supporting and managing staff - D
- Experience as a SENDCO - D

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