Practitioners in Early Years Care and Education - Dunfermline, United Kingdom - Crossford Playgroup

Crossford Playgroup

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Dunfermline, United Kingdom

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Crossford Playgroup and Pitreavie Playgroup

Early Years Practitioner Job Description

Responsibilities

To comply with group policies and procedures and regulatory requirements
To be involved in planning suitable activities and implementation in accordance with current curriculum practiceHealth and Social Care Standards My support, my life,

Curriculum for Excellence, HGIOELC, Realising the Ambition, Getting it Right for

Every Child and the Early Learning and Childcare Setting's Improvement Plan

To ensure children's individual learning needs are met and that each child's progress is recorded as required.
To work as a team member sharing tasks with other staff
To liaise with parents and other agencies as required.

Accountability

The Early Years Practitioner is accountable to the Management Committee and will be line managed by
the Manager and carry out delegated tasks as required in relation to providing the service and meeting contractual requirements of the Council.

To comply with group policies and procedures and regulatory requirements

To be familiar with the Care Inspectorate Regulations
To be familiar with and operate Early Learning and Childcare Setting's policies and procedures
To be familiar with the health and safety regulations, risk assessment for the Early

Learning and Childcare Setting activities and the safety of children and staff

To ensure that a welcoming environment is created for the children and parents/ carers
To ensure that equality of experience is promoted in the Early Learning and

Childcare Setting.

To be involved in planning suitable activities and implementation in accordance with

current curriculum practice-Health and Social Care Standards My support, my life,

Curriculum for Excellence, HGIOELC, Realising the Ambition, Getting it Right for

Every Child and the Early Learning and Childcare Setting's Improvement Plan

To attend regular planning meeting and contribute to written plans with identified learning outcomes
As a member of the staff team share plan a range of suitable curriculum based activities
To involve the children in planning activities
To take part in reviewing practice and evaluation of the service with staff colleagues, identifying changes to practice and new developments
To contribute to the Early Learning and Childcare Setting's improvement plan
To attend committee meetings as required and provide reports on request.

Early Years Scotland

Crossford Playgroup and Pitreavie Playgroup

To ensure that individual children's learning needs are met, and that each child's

progress is recorded

To liaise with parents/carers in relation to gather information about each child's interests and preferences as required
To undertake observations of individual children, recording progress and completing assessments as required in relation to their development needs and achievements.
To contribute to information that is shared with parents/carers in relation to children's progress or areas of concern.

To work as a team member sharing tasks with other staff

To attend the Early Learning and Childcare Setting in line with the terms of their contract
To undertake delegated tasks given by the line manger
To attend regular support and supervision and annual appraisal
To access and attend appropriate training
To report to the line manager as required
To be familiar with the requirements of the SSSC Codes of Practice and PVG

Registration.

To liaise with parents and other agencies as required

To have regular contact with parents to gather and exchange information about their child
To attend partner meetings if required
To liaison with other agencies appropriately
Maintain registers of attendance for use when complying with the Council contract as required
To contribute to records completed and maintained for each child that are available to regulatory bodies.

Training and Professional Development

The practitioner will hold an appropriate qualification and to comply with the SSSC requirements for continuous professional development. Induction training will be provided by the committee.
The Early Learning and Childcare Setting Manager* has delegated responsibility to provide the Early Years Practitioner with access to regular support and supervision and an annual appraisal.

NB:
*In some groups a committee office bearer may take responsibility for ensuring support and supervision and annual appraisals are provided for staff.

Early Years Scotland

Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time

Salary:
£10.90-£15.00 per hour

Schedule: