Early Years Level 2 Practitioner

The Childcare Academy; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 16,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

The Childcare Academy is seeking an Early Years Practitioner to support high-quality learning, development and care for children aged 0-5 years in line with EYFS and Ofsted requirements.

You will help maintain a safe environment, deliver a play-based EYFS curriculum, and build strong partnerships with parents and carers to support each child’s development.

Qualifications

• Minimum Level 2 qualification in Children and Young Peoples Workforce or equivalent.
• Paediatric First Aid.
• Food Hygiene Certificate.

Responsibilities

• To help provide a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment, both indoors and outdoors, at all times.
• To help deliver an appropriate play-based EYFS curriculum that enables children to make individual progress.
• To help ensure the nursery meets Ofsted requirements at all times.
• To undertake designated officer roles as directed.
• To work with other professionals in the local area for the benefit of children and families.
• To understand and work to nursery policies and procedures, including safeguarding and incident response.
• To plan activities to ensure each child progresses towards early learning goals.
• To maintain records as directed, such as observations, assessments, attendance, accidents, risk assessments.
• To liaise with parents/carers about children’s progress and nursery curriculum.
• To work with senior management to update improvement plans.
• To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed.

Skills

Empathy

Verbal communication

Record keeping

Organisational skills

Calm demeanor

Team worker

Initiative

Negotiation

Creativity

Education

Minimum Level 2 qualification in Children and Young Peoples Workforce or equivalent

Paediatric First Aid

Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

To deliver a high standard of learning, development and care for children aged 0-5 years, in line with Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Ofsted requirements.

To ensure that the nursery is a safe environment for children, staff and others.

To develop partnerships with parents/carers to increase involvement in their child’s development.

To be responsible for any tasks delegated by the Nursery Lead.

Person Specification for Early Years Practitioner

Factors Essential Criteria Desirable Criteria

Education & Qualifications

• Minimum Level 2 qualification in Children and Young Peoples Workforce or equivalent.
• Paediatric First Aid Food Hygiene Certificate

Experience/ Knowledge

• Excellent working knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage and current Ofsted statutory guidance.
• Knowledge and proven practical experience of implementing good quality learning opportunities
• Knowledge and proven experience of working with children 0-5 years. Recent experience working in a Nursery setting

Skills

• Empathy and understanding of children under five.
• Excellent verbal and communication skills with children and parents.
• Ability to write reports and keep clear and accurate records.
• Excellent organisational skills Administrative and basic IT skills
• Calm and caring nature
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Able to work on own initiative Excellent negotiation skills
• Excellent motivational skills Ability to be innovative and creative

Personal Qualities

• Reliable, enthusiastic, and flexible.
• A commitment to quality in all areas, with a high level of motivation and enthusiasm
• Able to perform under stress
• A creative thinker
• A good sense of humour
• Able to commit
• Able to make decisions and be accountable
• Ability to work at all levels

Main activities:

• To help provide a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment, both indoors and outdoors, at all times.
• To help deliver an appropriate play-based Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum that enables children to make individual progress.
• To help ensure the nursery meets Ofsted requirements at all times.
• To undertake designated officer roles as directed.
• To work with other professionals in the local area for the benefit of children and families.
• To understand and work to nursery policies and procedures, including how to deal with child protection issues appropriately and how to respond to incidents, accidents, complaints and emergencies
• To plan activities which ensure each child is working towards the early learning outcomes.
• To ensure records are maintained, as directed by Nursery Lead, sufficient to inform progress against the Early Learning Goals, e.g., observations, assessments, daily attendance register, accident and incident book, risk assessments.
• To liaise closely with parents/carers, informing them about the nursery and its curriculum, exchanging information about children’s progress and encouraging parents’ involvement.
• To work in partnership with senior management to update and review the self-evaluation and improvement plan.
• To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed, in accordance with the nursery aims and objectives