Childcare Practitioners - Early Years

Footsteps Nursery - Westfield Housing Association Ltd; Workington; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local childcare center in Workington is seeking a nurturing professional to provide a warm welcome and support for children's learning. The role involves preparing quality resources, monitoring child progress, and implementing the Early Years Foundation Stage. Ideal candidates should be passionate about early childhood development and engaging with parents and carers.

Responsibilities

• Provide a warm welcome to all children, parents, and carers.
• Ensure provision is consistent with 'Every Child Matters'.
• Prepare and maintain quality materials and resources.
• Observe and monitor individual children.
• Share responsibility for the overall well-being of all children.
• Provide input to planning and evaluation.
• Act as a Key Worker in delivering activities.
• Support and implement the 'Early Years Foundation Stage'.
• Provide support throughout the nursery.

Job description

Responsibilities

• To provide a warm welcome to all children, parents and carers actively promoting parental involvement in their children’s learning.
• To ensure that all provision is informed by and is consistent with the ‘five outcomes set out in ‘Every Child Matters’ and given a statutory basis in the Children Act 2004.
• To prepare, maintain and provide good quality materials and resources for the children’s use, providing a rich stimulating environment both indoors and outdoors, for a range of child-initiated and adult-initiated activities in all six areas of learning.
• To observe and monitor individual children and contribute to their personal profiles.
• To share responsibility for the overall well being of all children within the setting.
• To provide input to planning and evaluation.
• To act as a Key Worker in the delivery of activities and maintaining a safe, caring environment.
• To support and implement the ‘Early Years Foundation Stage’.
• To provide support throughout the nursery as required.