Early Years Practitioner

Reporting to

Nursery Manager ensuring that the highest standards of childcare and education are always maintained.

Main Duties

• To deliver and ensure a high standard of learning, development and care for children aged 0-5 years.
• To support the Senior Early Years’ Practitioner with the daily running of the room.
• To ensure the room and resources are safe and appropriate for children, staff, and others.
• To implement and adhere to a consistent daily routine both indoors and outdoors ensuring high quality teaching and learning experiences are always offered to children.
• To demonstrate current knowledge and understanding of the EYFS and that you comply with all areas of the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage.
• To develop partnerships with parents/carers to increase involvement in their child’s development.
• To take on the role of being a key person, observing, assessing, and planning for each individual child.

General responsibilities

• To support the Senior Early Years’ Practitioner with the effective daily running of your room.
• Promote a warm and understanding relationship between staff, children, and parents in a stable, relaxed, and secure atmosphere.
• Encourage children in self-help, personal hygiene, and acceptable social behaviour in a positive way.
• Complete Medicine, Accident and Injury on Arrival forms as required by the 1989 Children’s Act.
• Abide by the Trafford Guidelines & the Statutory Framework for the Early Years on Safeguarding Children together with Elmscot’s Safeguarding Policy; ensuring you have an understanding that safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility and that you have a duty to act accordingly & report any concerns.
• Report any matters of concern regarding children, staff, or parents to the Nursery Manager/ Deputy To have a sound knowledge of Company policies, procedures, and expectations.
• To act as an excellent role model to the staff team and children.
• To take responsibility for excellent hygiene, health and safety and security practice within the Nursery.
• To play a part in planning and providing appropriate daily activities in line with guidance from the EYFS for your key children.
• Maintain the children’s equipment and playrooms, ensuring that the rooms are safe and clean to meet the needs of each individual child.
• To uphold the highest level of safeguarding practice and ensure Company policies and procedures are always adhered to.
• To carry out observation, assessment, and planning in your room, with your key children, ensuring all children are making progress.
• Work as an effective team member being flexible with working practices including being prepared to help throughout the nursery where necessary.
• Participate in ongoing training for personal and professional development.
• Participate in staff meetings, in-service training and the development of Nursery policies and procedures.
• On completion of the health and safety induction, ensure that you always adhere to all health and safety regulations including the identification of risks and reporting any concerns to the Health & Safety co-ordinator.
• To work with outside professionals where required.
• To work closely with parents and create trusting relationships with all families.
• To work as part of a team within your room and within the wider setting.

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.

It is understood that areas of responsibility are from time to time subject to review and are negotiable in the light of the needs of the business and the professional development of the staff.

This job description may be reviewed yearly or earlier if necessary. In addition, it may be amended at any time after consultation with you.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Qualifications (Essential)

• Minimum level 3 in early years or equivalent Knowledge of the Early Years’ Sector Good standard of English and Maths at GCSE ideally 7-4 or equivalent

Relevant Experience & Skills (Essential)

• Experience of working in a nursery or similar environment
• Experience of being a key person Some knowledge of the Early Years’ Foundation Stage Experience of working in a team

Personal Style & Behaviour (Essential)

• Excellent verbal communication skills with staff, children, and parents

Other Skills (Essential)

• Able to use written English to write reports and keep clear and accurate records Basic Administrative and IT skills
• Ability to work as part of a team Ability to work under pressure
• Able to work on own initiative Calm and caring nature Empathy and understanding of children under 5 years old
• Reliable Enthusiastic Flexible

Other Skills (Desirable)

• Paediatric first aid Safeguarding training Food hygiene Manual handling SENCO experience