Lead Early Years Practitioner

1 month ago


Carshalton, United Kingdom London Borough of Sutton Full time

About the Role

Do you want to play an incredibly valuable part in shaping the lives of future generations? Working in an Early Years environment is a career you can be proud of

We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced Early Years Practitioner to lead the day to day running of a Pre-school for children from 2 years to 4 years old to cover Maternity Leave for up to one year.

This post is for 28 hours per week, term time only with a starting salary of £20,- £21, (£22, unconsolidated maximum).

Responsibilities:

Plan, deliver and monitor high quality Childcare and Education across the Pre-school. Observe, support and extend children's learning Maintain accurate and effective children's records Mentor and support team of practitioners to ensure high quality provision. Work in partnership with parent/carers and other family members Demonstrate an understanding of multi-agency working e.g. in partnership with Children’s Centres Comply with the statutory framework for the EYFS and have a good understanding of recent developments in Early Years. Have excellent understanding of child development and how children learn. Have an excellent knowledge and understanding of child protection and safeguarding protocols About Us

All of our preschools have been judged by Ofsted to be 'good' and we are tremendously proud of our fully inclusive and nurturing environments and the early learning experience we are able to offer all children, including those with complex needs.

Our staff are highly skilled and work very closely with our multi-agency partners (Health Visitors, Early Years' SENCOs, Community Paediatricians, specialist teams eg. Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy and Social Workers etc.) to ensure that every child 's needs are met and that with an individualised, bespoke learning programme all are able to make fantastic progress alongside their peers.

About You

If you are responsible, reliable and have bucket loads of enthusiasm on top of a caring nature, a can-do attitude and of course enjoy working with children and their families, this could be the perfect career for you. You will lead and support a small team of practitioners and have access to lots of ongoing training and professional development alongside immense job satisfaction knowing you’ve made a real difference.

You will hold a Level 3 qualification in Childcare (or equivalent) to be considered for this post. Experience of working with and supporting children with emerging needs and working in partnership with parents and carers.

Our Offer To You

As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.

In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps. Our Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme embraces new ways of working. It provides improved work life balance for our staff as it allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week.

Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:

Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) Flexi-time (Please note, this applies to roles at grades 1-9 only) Three volunteering days per year in Sutton Comprehensive learning and development programme Local and national discounts for shopping, eating out and leisure activities Interest free season ticket loans Local Government Pension Scheme Car parking scheme Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme Zip car scheme Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses Confidential wellbeing and counselling support Subsidised gym membership
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