Nursery Practitioner in Rochford

Due to growth within our nursery, we are currently hiring a motivated, passionate, and organised person to work within our nursery.The ideal candidate will have:

· To provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children place in the setting.

· To give support to their staff within the setting.

· To work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, develop and learn.

· To build and maintain strong partnership working with parents to enable children’s needs to be met.

· At least a Level 3 childcare qualification

· enthusiasm for planning and providing exciting, innovative learning opportunities

· a calm but upbeat personality

· a willingness to attend training and staff meetings to update knowledge

Main Duties: **

· To effectively deliver the EYFS ensuring that the individual needs and interest of children in the setting are met (in conjunction with other team members)

· To keep records of your key children’s development and learning journeys and share with parents, carers and other key adults in the child’s life.

· Support all staff and engage in a good staff team.

· To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communication with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs.

· To ensure the provision of a high quality environment to meet the needs of individual children having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures and medical histories.

· To advise manager/deputy of any concerns, e.g. over children, parents, the safety of the environment, preserving confidentiality as necessary.

· To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, summer fayre,etc

· To be flexible within working practices of the setting, undertaking other responsible duties where needed, such as domestic tasks, preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment, etc.

· To work alongside the manager and staff team to ensure that the setting’s philosophy is fulfilled.

· To read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role and the safe running of the setting.

· To develop your role within the team, especially with regard to being a key person

· To keep completely confidential any information regarding the children, their families or other staff that is acquired as part of the job.

· To be aware of the high profile of the setting and to uphold its standards at all times, both in work hours and outside.

· To support nursery assistants, students and volunteers.

· To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time