Early Years Educator

Full time, 40 hours per week

8am-5pm or 9am-6pm

All year round

Duties and responsibilities

• Working in partnership with the manager and the deputy manager to ensure the daily running of the nursery.
• To follow the routines of the rooms and the nursery.
• Adhering to all policies and procedures of the nursery, ensuring compliance with the Children’s Act, Health and Safety Legislation, Data Protection Act and within the guidelines of OFSTED and EYFS
• To carry out any designated officer role and to attend training as directed by the nursery manager.
• Liaising with parents ensuring effective communication within the nursery. To involve parents as much as possible in the progress of their child at nursery.
• Keeping records and monitoring accidents, incidents and risk assessments.
• Offering all children equal opportunities with regard to religious persuasion, racial origins, gender, disabilities, cultural or linguistic background. In particular challenging situations where racism or discrimination is displayed.
• Assisting the manager and deputy manager in participating and arranging parent evenings, children’s events, day trips and nursery promotions.
• To attend all parents evenings (twice a year) and individual meetings with parents if necessary.
• Keeping development records, observations and creating children’s profiles.
• Positive management of children’s behaviour.
• To be a good role model for other staff members, volunteers and students and to welcome new staff to the nursery.
• Supervising the children throughout mealtimes.
• To attend all staff meetings every six weeks as arranged by the nursery manager.
• To attend all training courses to ensure your skills are kept up to date.
• To supervise outside play.
• To carry out weekly children’s meetings.
• To maintain high standards of hygiene throughout the nursery, following all policies on hygiene and nappy changing and to fill in the appropriate paperwork
• To be responsible for setting up/tidying up outside areas and to carry out daily garden checks.
• The preparation, care, cleanliness and maintenance of the rooms and equipment.
• To familiarise yourself with the fire drill and procedures and the appropriate measures to be taken.

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