Early Years Practitioner - Benfleet, United Kingdom - Queen Bee's Day Nursery

Description

• To ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare, wellbeing and safety are our primary priority
• To ensure and maintain the highest standard of care is delivered across all areas of our children's development
• Socially, Physically, Intellectually and Emotionally
• To support all other team members within the allocated room in addition to the wider nursery environment
• To work as an integral part of a valued team to provide an enabling environment for all children to play, learn and develop

• Work with and support children
• Record all information correctly
• To competently use the Nursery's Famly software to carry out observations and assessments
• Work as part of a dynamic team
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with parents

• To follow and be consistently up to date with the nursery safeguarding procedure, ensuring all children are kept safe, healthy and secure
• To share knowledge and experience to support other team members and ensure all individuals work within a consistent system to deliver the highest quality of care
• To keep records of individual key children's development and learning journeys, making effective use of the Nursery's Famly programme, ensuring parents are always considered as partners
• To share with Room Leader/Nursery Manager the early identification and intervention for children who may potentially have special educational needs, ensuring all areas of development can be successfully met; adapting activities to meet every individual child's specific requirements
• Attend all staff training days
• Ensure all record keeping is completed, stored correctly and is all up to date
• Ensure daily room checks and outdoor checks are carried out thoroughly
• Liaise effectively with parents/carers and provide support when necessary
• Liaise with other professionals and other professionals outside of the Nursery
• To attend training, monthly staff meetings, parent's evenings and any other outside nursery events
• Undertake various domestic jobs within the nursery preparation of snack, lunch supervision, ensuring the nursery is always fit for purpose and is always left clean and tidy
• Work closely with any students or volunteers, supporting them with their training programme and providing guidance and support
• Work alongside all other team members effectively, particularly the Room Leader to ensure the nursery's philosophy is always implemented and achieved
• Read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures, ensuring all other team members have a full understanding of these and they are adhered to and effectively implemented
• Ensure the highest standards of hygiene, safety and cleanliness, within the designated area and the nursery as a whole
• Ensure that the correct procedures are followed when children are brought to and collected from the Nursery
• To maintain the highest level of confidentiality in all aspects of the Nursery setting
• To carefully follow the Nursery's Accident and First Aid Procedure and record all information correctly

• Reporting any concerns regarding a child's welfare to the Nursery Manager and ensure that the correct safeguarding procedures are strictly followed
• To support, facilitate and implement the preparation and completion of activities based around The Early Years Foundation Stage to support every individual child's learning and development
• To organise the room's lunch time and ensure ratios are always maintained.
• Ensuring lunch times are a time of pleasant and social sharing and interaction
• Promoting the highest standard of hygiene for children, ensuring good regular handwashing procedures are in place
• Washing and changing children as required
• Ensuring any child who is poorly is kept calm, warm and supported and the Nursery procedure for 'Sick Children' is implemented
• To develop and maintain strong relationships with parents and carers to facilitate a high standard of care both at home and within the nursery setting
• Enabling and adapting all environments to ensure care is facilitated for children who may have disabilities or any other additional needs

• Onsite parking

• 8 hour shift

• Diploma of Higher Education (preferred)