Nursery Practitioner

**Nursery Practitioner**

**(Maternity Cover)**

**Job Title Nursery Practitioner**

**Reporting To Senior Practitioner / Room Leader**

**Scale / Salary Range / Contract Actual Salary £18,663.32 per annum (£22,259.00 FTE)**
**Maternity Cover (up to 12 months)**
**Full time (40 hours per week)**
**Term Time Only (39 weeks per year)**

**Core Purpose**

▪ To deliver the highest standards of care, support and challenge to the children at Smarties Nursery, resulting in: o To deliver child centred care that results in happy children and parents o To deliver of engaging learning for all children o To always work positively and respectfully as an individual and as part of the team

**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES**

▪ To effectively deliver the EYFS ensuring that the individual needs and interests of children in the setting are met (in conjunction with other team members).

▪ To keep records of your key children’s development and learning journeys and share with parents, carers and other key adults in the child’s life.

▪ Support all staff and engage in a good staff team.

▪ 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 having an awareness of disabilities, family cultures and medical histories.

▪ To advise the Nursery Manager/Deputy Nursery Manager of any concerns e.g. over children, parents, the safety of the environment, preserving confidentiality as necessary.

▪ To be flexible within working practices of the setting, undertaking other responsible duties where needed, such as domestic tasks, preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment etc.

▪ To work alongside the Nursery 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 develop your role within the team, especially with regard to being a key person.

▪ To keep completely confidential, any information regarding the children, their families or other staff that is acquired as part of the job.

▪ To be aware of the high profile of the setting, and to uphold its standards at all times, both in work hours and outside of them.

▪ To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times.

▪ To undertake and lead on additional responsibilities such as SENCo, Training Co-ordinator, Safeguarding
Officer etc.

**Other Specific Duties**:
▪ Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young persons in all our academies

▪ Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality, and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person

▪ Be aware of, support and ensure equal opportunities for all

▪ Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the Trust

▪ Appreciate and support the role of other professionals

▪ Attend and participate in relevant meetings as required

▪ Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required

▪ Perform any task or duty under the reasonable direction of line manager, Executive Team and Central
Team colleagues.

Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified. Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.

This job description is current at the date shown, but, in consultation with you, may be changed by the

Nursery Trustee to reflect or anticipate changes in the job commensurate with the grade and job title.

**Person Specification**

**KEY CRITERIA ESSENTIAL DESIRABLE**

**Qualifications Completion of a CWDC recognised full and ** Completion (or be working relevant Level 3 Childcare qualification, e.g. Level towards completion) of a

3 Diploma for the Children & Young People’s recognised Level 4 or 5

Workforce or NVQ Level 3 in Children’s Care, qualification
Learning and Development **Health & Safety certificate**
- Some understanding of the importance of Health **First Aid certificate**

& Safety and Food Hygiene in the workplace. SENCO training
- Completion of other relevant courses

**Skills, aptitude, Experience of working as a practitioner in a child**

**knowledge and **care setting

**experience A commitment to the provision of high-quality childcare with an interest in the care, learning**
**and development of young children**
- Knowledge of implementing EYFS
- Excellent written and oral skills
- ICT Skills
- Knowledge of child development and child’s needs
- A positive approach to learning and gaining new skills through teamwork and training opportunities
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