Level 3 Early Years Educator – Berkhamstead
Department: Early Years
- Pay: £23,578.80 – £27,820.80, dependant on qualifications and experience
- Area: Berkhamsted – East London
Hours: Full time (Monday – Friday)
Holidays: 23 days, excluding bank holidays
Overview
- To contribute excellence in childcare and education for the children of the Nursery Setting.
- To give support to other personnel within the setting.
- To implement the daily routine in each room.
Responsible to
- Head of Nursery, Deputy Head of Nursery and Room Leaders
As a Nursery Educator, you have a significant role in ensuring the best possible Education and Childcare.
Your duties and responsibilities will include:
- Contributing to a planned programme of activities/lessons that are suitable for the age range of children, in collaboration with other staff.
- Keeping a proper record of achievement file on key children, for parents/carers.
- Working alongside parents/carers of special needs children to provide full integration in the Nursery setting.
- Supporting all staff and working collaboratively.
- Adhering to all policies and procedures to uphold standards within the Nursery Setting.
- Liaising with and supporting parents/carers and other family members.
- Attending out-of-working-hours activities such as training, monthly staff meetings, parents/carers evenings, etc.
- Being flexible within the working practices of the setting and helping where needed, including undertaking certain domestic jobs within the setting, such as preparing snack meals and cleaning equipment.
- Recording accidents in the accident book and ensuring that the manager is informed of the report before the parent receives it.
- Looking upon the setting as a “whole” to determine where help can be most utilised.
- Being constantly aware of the needs of children.
- Ensuring that each child is collected by someone known to the setting.
- Respecting the confidentiality of information received.
- Preparing and completing activities to suit the child’s stage of development.
- Ensuring that mealtimes are a time of pleasant social sharing.
- Toileting, washing, and changing children as required.
- Ensuring that the setting is of high quality to meet the needs of individual children from different cultures and religious backgrounds and stages of development.
- Upholding the high profile of the setting and its standards at all times.
- Actively promoting and supporting the safeguarding of children and young people in the workplace and observing Setting policies and procedures.
Person Specification Essential
Skills, knowledge and experience:
- Enthusiasm for working with young children
- An interest in the care, learning and development of young children
- A commitment to the provision of high-quality childcare
- A positive approach to learning and gaining new skills through teamwork and training opportunities
- Previous experience of caring for, or working with children in a voluntary or paid capacity
- An understanding of the Early Learning Goals
- Knowledge of the National Standards for the regulation of Childcare provision.
Personal qualities:
- Good organisational, record keeping and planning skills
- Punctuality
- Excellent communication skills, with children, colleagues, advisors and parents/carers.
- Patience
- Reliability and trustworthiness
- A positive approach to inclusive practice, with children and colleagues
Flexibility:
Flexibility – occasionally working hours might be changed, e.g. if the setting hosts a Parent’s Evening.
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