Early Years Educator

Lisa Constable; Packmoor; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Willow Cottage Nurseries invites passionate childcare professionals to join a caring team in a beautiful rural setting. Staff contribute to high-quality education and attentive childcare in a setting with extensive outdoor facilities.

You will educate and care for children, plan activities, support language development, and ensure safeguarding and welfare as part of a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Experience in childcare or education preferred.
• Ability to work as part of a supportive team.
• Good communication with children and carers.

Responsibilities

• Educating and caring for the children attending the setting.
• Planning and supervising activities while supporting learning opportunities.
• Helping children develop communication and language skills.
• Feeding babies and meeting their personal needs.
• Supporting observations and maintaining learning journeys.
• Focusing on outside learning and exploration.
• Ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of the children.

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