Qualified Early Years Educator - London, United Kingdom - Hatching Dragons

Hatching Dragons

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Full time

Description

Who we are

Hatching Dragons is one of the UK's leading bilingual early years educational brands, having built its reputation around Chinese and English immersion for which we have received 99% positive reviews from our community on We're now expanding our languages portfolio with the planned launch of a Spanish bilingual school in NE London in the coming year - our aim is to become the defacto bilingual early years immersion provider across the UK and so have plans to roll out French, Arabic and more languages in our pipeline for future schools developments.

We're also launching new childcare services in language enriched weekend schools, holiday camps and after school clubs in the communities we serve, along with home based educators and tutors to service childcare needs in the home environment, which we really do think we're an exciting place to work for those who want to continue to improve, do something new and different in the space

What we believe

We believe our staff are our customers as much as the parents are - we want this to be a school where you call home: fun, friendly, rewarding and ultimately enjoyable with co-workers who care and management who support you in growing to your full potential.

Our schools are based on three mutually supportive principals:

Happy staff, create
Happy children, who create
Happy Parents

What's the role

We are currently looking for a (level 2 or 3) Qualified Early Years Educator to join our Canada Water Nursery on a full time basis.

You will be working in our Baby room as a key worker to deliver outstanding practice and care.

You will be responsible for:

All aspects of educational delivery in your room, in line with our bilingual immersion model and teaching and learning practice procedures
Managing and supervising all team members within your room in line with our HR policies and performance standards
Undertaking your own monthly room assessments in line with our Leadership & Management policies and procedures
Ensuring that all safeguarding and welfare is met under the EYFS and Safeguarding Children in Education / Working together to Safeguard Children
All operational policies and procedures / routines are delivered in line with guidance
Budget and procurement for your room you will br granted an amazon for business account to procure resources in line with your planning, signed off and approved by the manager and central team
Delivering on our environmental and sustainability policy at all times

What we can do for you:

In house accredited training to see you progress in your knowledge and skills. So if you'd like to become a level 4 or Level 5 practitioner, fancy undertaking training in Montessori or Steiner; or need an update in Safeguarding or Paediatric First Aid, we can do it, in house, for you.
Untapped level 2 training programmes in everything from First Aid through to Food Hygiene, practice led modules on baby care through to understanding autism all paid for by us.
Placements and rotations around the business for you to get a full, rounded experience of what we do and how we do it around town to embed you with our family
Training Days each term to get together, relax, talk and understand how to do what we do better
Career progression promotional opportunities across the group at our other sites as we grow

- £ end of first year bonus

Management training for those who move into Room Leadership roles, to undertake our micromanagement training programme with the group CEO to better understand and manage the business one day
Sales & HR Training leveraging the best in tech platforms to see you become an accomplished CRM expert to broaden your skills sets beyond the classroom
Profit related pay bonus schemes when the schools hit target, so will you

What Skills You'll Need:

Good organisational, record keeping and planning skills
Excellent communication skills, with children, colleagues, advisors and parents/carers
A good understanding of the EYFS
Maintaining child records and providing feedback to parents/carers and colleagues
A positive approach to learning and gaining new skills through teamwork and training opportunities
The ability to model, motivate and support staff
Problemsolving skills
Basic IT skills

Experience

Experience of caring for, or working with children aged 6 months2 years old.
Minimum Level 2/3 qualification in Early Years or above
Good knowledge of Ofsted requirements for the provision of safe care to children
Knowledge of health & safety requirements for the environment
Knowledge of safeguarding
Experience of working in a small team, supporting colleagues with peer on peer observations.
A commitment to the provision of highquality childcare.
Being able to deliver a tough message in a fair way
Supporting nursery marketing events experience

**Safeguarding