Early Years Practitioner

Bellspire Group Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A childcare organization in the City of London is seeking an experienced individual to provide high-quality integrated day care and early education to children from birth to 7 years. Responsibilities include planning and delivering a curriculum, managing children's behavior, and providing physical care. Ideal candidates should have experience in early childhood education and a commitment to child development in a safe, stimulating environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in early childhood education.
• Knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to planning and delivery of the early years curriculum.
• Promote children's development in a secure environment.
• Support assessment of children's developmental records.
• Manage behavior in line with procedural guidance.

Job description

To provide high quality integrated day care and early education to children from birth to 7 years within a multi-disciplinary team and in line with the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

• To contribute to planning and support delivery of a high quality early years curriculum, which includes a full commitment to anti-discriminatory practice.
• This will include daily, weekly and termly planning to meet individual children's needs and interests and record keeping that tracks the development of the individual child.
• To promote children's development within a secure, safe and stimulating environment, and with reference to good practice curriculum guidance appropriate to the ages and stages of development of the children.
• To provide input to the assessment of children's overall development, including carrying out observations, recording children's achievement, and maintaining developmental records to a high standard.
• To support colleagues in undertaking their responsibilities as key worker to a specific group of children within the centre and the smooth transition from home to centre and from centre to school.
• To effectively manage the behaviour of the children in line with procedural guidance and to implement planned interventions for children with additional needs.
• To provide appropriate physical care in areas of washing, toileting, changing, feeding, dressing, comforting and administering medication.
• To work with due regard to Child Protection procedures and to report matters of concern to the centre managers.
• To assist with the organisation of outings for children's interest, education and enjoyment and with regard to safety.
• There is a requirement to lift and assist in toileting and changing and in helping to transfer from seating to mobility aids.
• The post will help children to acquire and develop self help skills including toileting and personal hygiene.
• Work may also involve implementing individual movement programmes, under the direction of other professionals.
• The post holder will be required to help with first aid provision, comforting sick or injured children. In emergency situations he/she will need to liaise with the designated first-aider, senior staff and medical professionals, accompanying children to hospital or doctors as necessary.
• Any basic medical procedures that may need to be carried out will have training provided for.
• Must be able to work to the shift pattern required by the setting, falling between 8am and 6pm.