Nursery Practitioner Level 3 - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Hamstead House Day Nursery

Hamstead House Day Nursery

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job title - Nursery practitioner

Purpose of post

To contribute a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for all children in the nursery
To give support to other team members throughout the nursery
To work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn and develop.

Key areas

Work with and support children
Work as part of a team and support all staff within all aspects of the job
Build and maintain strong partnerships with parents.

Responsible to

Nursery Manager, deputy manager and Buddy team Leader's

Duties and responsibilities

Formulate and operate a programme of activities that meet the individual needs and interests of children in your area in conjunction with other team members and the Manager in line with the EYFS
To keep records of your key children's development and learning journeys, share this with parents, carers and other key adults in the child's life and institute reviews for parents, in conjunction with the Manager
Support all team members with the early identification and intervention for children with possible special needs and give physical, emotional, intellectual guidance as appropriate
Support all staff to engage in good team working
Liaise with and support parents and other family members
Liaise with the local authority and other professionals associated with the nursery
To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, parents evening, fundraising events etc.
Undertake certain domestic jobs within the nursery, e.g. preparation/cooking of snack & meals, cleansing of equipment and such other duties and responsibilities of an equivalent nature as may be determined from time to time by the Manager
Participate in training programmes with a wide variety of students (i.e. placements and volunteers), by giving guidance and support
Work alongside the Manager and staff team to ensure that the nursery philosophy is fulfilled
Read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role as deemed appropriate by the Manager. Support team members to do the same and ensure all policies and procedures are followed
To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times and be responsible for the health and safety standards appropriate for the needs of young children
Record accidents in the accident book. Ensure a senior staff member has initialled the report before parents receives it
Ensure someone known and agreed by the nursery and parent collects the child
To ensure confidentiality of all information received.

Specific childcare tasks

The preparation and completion of activities to suit each individual child's stage of development and interests
To develop your role within the team especially with regard as a key person
To ensure that meal times are a time of pleasant social sharing
Washing and changing children as required
To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained always
Ensuring a poorly child is kept calm and warm and management is notified immediately
To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communications with parents/carers to facilitate daytoday caring and early learning needs
To ensure the provision of a highquality environment to meet the needs of individual children regardless of any disabilities, family backgrounds or medical history

To be aware of the high profile of the nursery and to uphold its standards always, both within work hours and outside

Salary:
£10.50 per hour

Benefits: