Senior Nursery Practitioner / Room Leader / Early Years Educator

Senior Nursery Practitioner / Early Years Educator who has great leadership and team management skills is required for a well-established small family run nursery school based Welling, South East London.

SALARY: £26,000 pro rata / £12.50 per Hour + Paid Overtime

LOCATION: Welling, South East London (DA16)

JOB TYPE: Full-Time and Part-Time, Permanent Positions Available

FULL-TIME WORKING HOURS: 36 / 40 Hours per Week over 4 /5 Days

PART-TIME WORKING HOURS: 30 Hours per Week over 3 Days

JOB OVERVIEW

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Senior Nursery Practitioner / Early Years Educator who has great leadership and team management skills.

Working as the Senior Nursery Practitioner / Early Years Educator you will work alongside the management team to provide a high level of professional leadership and management to all playroom-based staff and to ensure that all children receive the highest possible standards of care and education.

As the Senior Nursery Practitioner / Early Years Educator you will support the nursery school to comply with all regulatory requirements, provide a high standard of care and education, support playroom staff in their roles and maintain positive working relationships with staff, parents and carers.

APPLY TODAY

If this job looks like your ideal position, then please send in your CV as soon as possible for our Recruitment Team to review.

DUTIES

Your duties as the Senior Nursery Practitioner / Early Years Educator include:

• Work closely with children, looking after their daily needs such as feeding, nappy changing and toileting

• Ensure the safeguarding and welfare of all children in your care

• Work as part of a team to deliver and meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage for all children

• Provide an enabling environment that meets the needs of each individual child

• Provide individualised attention and support to each child's needs

• Plan, provide and support age-appropriate play opportunities in line with the curriculum and individual needs of the children in your care

• Monitor and assess children's learning outcomes, identifying areas for improvement or additional support

• Be a key person to an allocated number of children and their families

• Observe, assess and record children’s learning and development progress

• Build and maintain positive relationships with parents/carers

• Ensure standards of health and safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times

• In partnership with Deputy Managers, oversee and ensure the effective organisation within the room, while acting as a role model to other practitioners, promoting positive interactions and good deployment techniques

• Liaise and work in partnership with external agencies (both statutory and voluntary) to support children within the setting as appropriate

• Attend additional training events and meetings as identified by the Nursery Manager for training requirements

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• Level 3 Early Years qualification with experience working in an early years setting

• Safeguarding and Child Protection training

• Understanding of the statutory requirements of legislation concerning Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety, SEND and Child Protection

• Knowledge of The Childcare Act (2006)

• EYFS welfare, learning and development requirements

• Strong understanding of the EYFS

DESIRABLE

• Food and Hygiene Level 2

• Safeguarding

• Prevent Duty

• FGM

• Paediatric First Aid

• SENDCO

• Self-Regulation

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered for this job vacancy, please submit your CV to our Recruitment Team who will review your details. CV’s of Job Applicants meeting this requirement will be submitted to our Client for consideration. By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.

JOB REF: AWDO-P13250

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