Early Years Practitioner

7 days ago

Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom Bright Horizons Full time
Job Title: Child Care and Nursery Early Years Practitioner

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Early Years Practitioner to join our team at Bright Horizons. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality engagement with children, supporting their developmental needs, and ensuring the highest levels of supervision are maintained.

Key Responsibilities:

  • SUPPORT the observation and assessment standards in line with regulatory requirements and the Bright Horizons curriculum to ensure a child-centred approach.
  • Work in partnership with parents to support the observation and planning process to ensure this meets the needs of all children in line with the Quality Assurance Framework.
  • Role model behaviour in line with our HEART principles and Bright Promise to deliver exceptional care and education.
  • Support the room leader and Early Childhood Specialists to drive continuous improvement and embed inspirational early years pedagogy of the highest standard and secure regulatory compliance with better than National Average inspection outcomes in the UK.
  • Share and articulate the attributes of the Bright Horizons brand, securing Bright Horizons as the provider of choice for families, corporate clients, and employees.

Requirements:

  • Deliver the highest care and education standards and ensure secure knowledge and understanding of Policies and Procedures and child development and knowledge of EYFS and Bright Beginning curriculum and regulatory standards.
  • Ensure internal policies and procedures and legislation from governing bodies are adhered to and demonstrate your knowledge through high standards of practice.
  • Deliver and support the Bright Beginnings, Bright Horizons curriculum to ensure a child-centred approach to operating all aspects of the nursery, and support the observation and planning process meets the needs of all children in line with the Quality Assurance Framework.
  • Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication with all stakeholders of the nursery and wider Bright Horizons community including parent's professionals and colleagues.
  • Ensure Keeping Everyone Safe policies and procedures and continuously and demonstrate behaviours that underpin a high performing safety culture.
  • Understand the referral processes when necessary to engage with professionals to support a child referral.
  • Actively promote and support charities including the Bright Horizons Foundation for children
  • Attend staff meetings and training to ensure a continuation of personal professional development to ensure your knowledge and skills are up to date, full, and relevant to the role of Bright Flex Practitioner.
  • Promote and follow guidelines implemented for managing behaviour including and supporting children to manage their own feelings.

Qualifications:

  • Full and relevant level 3 or above childcare qualification (Essential)
  • Food Hygiene or equivalent training and compliance in food management (Can be completed as part of induction)
  • Relevant safeguarding/child protection training undertaken and a willingness to update training regularly (Can be completed as part of inductions)

Working with Us:

  • Deliver the highest quality Early Childhood practice and experiences for all children in the setting, including those with Special Educational Needs and/or Disability, promoting emotional wellbeing by embedding the Bright Horizons early years curriculum.
  • Highly motivated and driven, supporting with information for children's record keeping and assessments
  • Supporting with the completion accurate and effective assessments, which reflect the needs, interests and stages of development of the child by effective delivery of the key person approach.

What We Offer:

  • A competitive salary and benefits package
  • Ongoing training and development opportunities
  • A supportive and collaborative team environment

How to Apply:

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