Early Years Support Worker

KiddyKare; Reading; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational setting for children in Reading seeks an Early Years Practitioner to support children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The role involves planning activities, collaborating with families, and ensuring children's individual needs are met. Ideal candidates will have a relevant childcare qualification and experience in early years settings. The organization offers benefits like sick pay, DBS cover, and social events.

Benefits

Sick pay for first 3 days of absence

Fully Paid DBS and yearly update service renewal

Additional Leave for 5- and 10-years' service

Social events

On-site parking

Qualifications

• Experience working with early years is essential.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and EYFS is necessary.
• First aid and basic food hygiene training are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage day-to-day running of the centre.
• Make parents feel valued and involved in sessions.
• Observe and assess individual needs of key children.

Skills

Childcare qualification

Knowledge of Safeguarding

First aid

Basic food hygiene

Experience with early years

Approachable and friendly

Education

Full and Relevant childcare qualification

Job description

Overview

KiddyKare are supporting a SEND setting in Reading. They provide a place where children in the Early Years (aged 0-5) with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities come to develop skills through play. They also support families directly with information and training and provide advice to mainstream settings to help them include children with SEND.

Benefits

• Sick pay for first 3 days of absence
• Fully Paid DBS and yearly update service renewal
• Blue Light Card Eligible
• Employee Assistance Programme - wellbeing resource and support
• Company Team Day every year - including staff awards
• Additional Leave entitlement awarded for 5- and 10-years' service
• Additional Festive Shopping Day
• Social events
• On-site parking

Early Years Practitioner Responsibilities

• Under direction and guidance of the Centre Manager & Deputy Centre Manager, the post holder will work as a key member of a team to ensure that the planning, day to day running and development of the centre is carried out in accordance with the vision of the charity.
• Able to make all parents feel valued members of the group and to use appropriate opportunities to promote parents' confidence and to involve them in the session.
• Supportive Key Person, ensuring that the individual needs of each of your Key Children are met through, observation, planning, and assessment.
• Working together with families, professional and the centre to ensure a holistic approach for every child.

Person Specification

• A Full and Relevant childcare qualification.
• Knowledge of Safeguarding and EYFS.
• First aid, Basic food hygiene and safeguard training desirable.
• Previous experience working with early years.
• Approachable and friendly to parents, able to listen to them and accept their feeling, which may include distress, and must be non-judgemental.
• Able to make all parents feel valued members of the group and to use appropriate opportunities to promote parents' confidence and to involve them in the session