Childcare Practitioner

3 months ago

Maidstone, United Kingdom Premier Education - Suffolk, Essex and Kent Full time

Are you an experienced Child Care Assistant looking to further your career? Does the prospect of growing into a management role interest you? If you have answered yes to one or both questions, we might have the job for you

Established in 1999, Premier Education is the UK’s No.1 provider of sport and physical activity to primary schools. We are experiencing a period of substantial growth resulting in the need to recruit a Primary School Sports Coach.

**Our vision is to get More Children, More Active, More Often**

For us it has always been about more than teaching new skills, our drive is and always has been about developing and nurturing relationships with the children we teach day in day out. Our outstanding team of Activity Professionals drive everything we do and each and every day impact the lives of children in an amazing way.

Last year we impacted the lives of over 300,000 children. That was an incredible achievement during a year where we spent much of it in Lockdown. However, this year we want to go bigger and better than ever before. We have set ourselves the outrageous target of impacting over 800,000 children this year. We are looking for enthusiastic, adventurous, creative and open-minded individuals to join us on our journey to get MORE CHILDREN, MORE ACTIVE, MORE OFTEN

We enforce best in class standards of deployment and as an accredited training provider, we skill our workforce to new levels. We know our team have the most up to date qualifications and meet these standards because we quality assure our network annually.

Premier are now using social distancing schemes of work & increased hygiene measures to ensure our working environment is kept safe for staff, children & parents. All members of staff will need to pass our accredited Level 2 Award in Infection, Prevention, Mitigation and Management Course prior to being deployed for delivery in our schools.

**We are looking for**:

- Individuals that love working with children, are resilient and passionate about making a difference and seeing children thrive
- Enthusiastic, kind well-motivated individuals
- You must be a team player that is reliable and confident working collaboratively with all members of the community.
- Willing to undertake any relevant training including first aid and food hygiene
- Have high personal expectations and dedication to achieve the best with the children we care for

Benefits to working with Premier Education
- Staff New Balance teamwear kit to promote a unified and smart image to all stakeholders
- Own set of equipment to enable you to deliver high quality sessions
- Funding to further develop your skills and acquire new qualifications, using our unique in house training provider.
- Regular internal CPD to ensure you are fulfilling your potential.
- Flexible working hours (part-time or full-time), and opportunities to diversify your working week by supporting the business in a non-coaching capacity.
- Bonus scheme
- Free childcare at our holiday camps & extra curriculum clubs
- Company events
- Monthly awards for high performing staff.
- 4 weeks paid holiday per year.
- Overtime available in evening and weekends.
- Have good Literacy and Numeracy skills, able to support children in reading writing and maths as they will be allocated time to continue with their learning during the session.
- Will be able to prepare healthy snacks for the children
- Participate in a range of activities with the children during sessions both inside and outside.
- Be able to assist with the planning of activities, supporting and engaging with children during the sessions.
- Will have a general understanding of play work principals and seven characteristics of learning

Desirable:

- Appropriate Level 2 (or above) qualification (Child Care related)
- Experience of working within a play-based setting
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Appropriate child protection training
- Current 12-hour Paediatric First Aid Certificate
- Food Hygiene Certificate

Core Values
- Have fun and give joy
- Create wonderfully enjoyable experiences
- Deliver "wow" with every interaction
- Commit to continual improvement
- Build a positive team and family spirit
- Be adventurous, creative and open-minded
- Nurture strong relationships through excellent communication
- Work smarter not harder
- Remain above the line at all times
- Be outstanding and passionate in everything we do

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £9.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Childcare
- Company events
- Flexitime
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
Premier are now using social distancing schemes of work & increased hygiene measures to ensure our working environment is kept safe for staff, children & parents. All members of staff will need to pass our accredited Level 2 Award in Infection, Prevention

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Maidstone, Kent: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting wor

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