Early Years Educator

Lisa Constable; Bletchingdon; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Willow Cottage Nurseries in the countryside is seeking passionate childcare professionals and educators to deliver high-quality education and care for young children.

Join a supportive team that values staff welfare and offers outdoor learning environments to explore, create, and grow with children every day. Roles involve guiding play, observations, and enabling development across early years activities.

Qualifications

• Experience working with young children.
• Ability to support learning through play.
• Excellent communication with colleagues and parents.

Responsibilities

• Educating and caring for the children attending the setting.
• Planning and supervising activities whilst scaffolding learning and development opportunities during experiences such as arts and crafts, music and mealtimes.
• Helping children develop communication and language skills.
• Feeding babies and ensuring their personal needs are met.
• Supporting purposeful observations and maintaining their learning journeys.
• Focus on outside learning and exploration.
• Ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of the children.

Skills

Childcare

Educator

Observation

Language development

Job description

Willow Cottage Nurseries is recruiting passionate and childcare professionals and educators to help us deliver the highest quality education and childcare.

Would you like to work in a beautiful rural location with extensive outdoor facilities?

We believe that our staff should feel valued and be part of a supportive team of childcare professionals.

Roles and responsibilities

As a member of our team, depending on your job role, you will be involved in supporting some of the responsibilities below

• Educating and caring for the children attending the setting
• Planning and supervising activities whilst scaffolding learning and development opportunities during experiences such as; arts and crafts, music and mealtimes
• Helping children develop communication and language skills
• Feeding babies and ensuring their personal needs are met
• Supporting purposeful observations and maintaining their learning journeys
• Focus on outside learning and exploration
• Ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of the children