Salary Up to £26,000/Annually Depending on experience & qualifications
This nursery setting in Radlett are looking to recruit Nursery Practitioners Level 2 & Level 3
Level 2 candidates may be accepted into the nursery but will be required to enroll onto a level 3 qualification as soon as practicable Training in the Early Years Foundation Stage Training in child protection and safeguarding children Training in behaviour management.
A recent paediatric First Aid
Personal Responsibilities
• Provide high quality care and activities for the children and to recognise both individual and group requirements in a secure, safe and stimulating environment.
• Ensure you are familiar with the essential policies and procedures and employee handbook, especially safeguarding children, Prevent, whistleblowing, equal opportunities, behaviour management and health and safety. You will be provided with a copy of the nursery’s essential policies and procedures and employee handbook.
• Work in partnership with early years professionals, for example Health Visitors and SEN services.
• Within reason to comply with requests to work outside normal hours, for example to cover if staff unexpectedly have to leave the room or are called away.
• Ensure parent issues and concerns are dealt with promptly and accurately. Ensure management are informed and consulted where relevant.
• Attend and participate in room and staff meetings.
• Undertake other duties as may reasonably be required by the Nursery.
• Never leave the room / nursery / childcare location and put your colleagues at risk of being out of ratio – unless in case of emergency.
• Support co-ordinators such as SENCO, Equal Opportunities in their roles.
• Attend training and development courses as directed by your manager or Assessor.
• To promote at all times good relations between staff members, parents and children, and promote the quality ethos of the nursery.
Childcare and Curriculum Responsibilities
• Deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage framework and any other appropriate guidance for young children in accordance with nursery policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Observe each child’s progress and report on achievements, looking for progression and continuity alongside the Early Years Foundation Stage.
• Ensure that no child is ever left on their own in the room / nursery / outing.
• Understand and participate in the key person system. To ensure that your own key children’s learning Journeys are kept up to date and maintained at the required quality level.
• Ensure that you have a clear understanding of the settling of new children into your room as well as the transfer of children from your room to others in the nursery, or those going to school.
• Ensure that you attend to the all-round daily needs of the children by enhancing their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development.
• Support the children in serving their own food, milk, drinks and snacks and encourage good nutrition and sociable eating.
• Assist children with personal care, including changing nappies, assisting with toileting and other associated welfare duties.
• Action and monitor all child safeguarding / protection issues / accidents to ensure that any remedial action is taken immediately. Ensure close monitoring of children about whom there are concerns.
• Carry out health and safety checks as required to ensure the room / nursery is tidy, safe, clean and secure for children, staff, parents/carers and visitors
• Participate in free flow systems. This aids children’s development in self-assurance, independence, making choices and self-selecting.
• Ensure child learning journeys in your rooms are up to date and relevant.
• Ensure children have adequate access to the garden and outside trips.
• Accept and manage medicine into the nursery according to our essential policies and procedures.
• Cover for other staff as appropriate and as directed by your manager, especially given that unforeseen situation can occur when caring for children and recognising that the child’s welfare is paramount.
• Observe and uphold children’s care plans including allergy management.
Parent and Carer Responsibilities
• Work in partnership with parents/carers, recognising that parents are their children’s first educators, and encourage parental involvement in the nursery.
• Assist and attend parents’ meetings and open days.
• Ensure parents are familiar with the security and procedures surrounding drop off and collection.
(passwords etc.)
• Provide feedback and daily reports to parents about their child’s day at the nursery. Ensure parents complete “all about me” sheets.
• Inform parents when their child is unwell.
• Ensure you know what is going on at home that may have an effect on the child’s behaviour or mood when they are at nursery.
• Be vigilant and diplomatic if you feel that there is a safeguarding or protection issue pertinent to the child. Seek advice from the designated safeguarding officer.
• Understand the cultural, religious, ethical or personal preference issues that some parents may have in relation to their child.
• Keep the office informed of child absences or holidays. Ask parents about any likely absences.
Room and Premises Responsibilities
• To assist the room manager in ensuring that risk assessments for your room and other areas for which you are responsible are carried out in accordance with nursery policies and procedures.
• To ensure the room is kept tidy and organised to allow for the efficient use of time and to maintain the high-quality standards that we have set as our ongoing objective.
• To assist the room manager in ensuring that resources for the room are ordered in a timely fashion and in accordance with nursery budgets and are age appropriate.
• To ensure resources, toys and equipment are organised, stored correctly, cleaned regularly and any breakages reported to the office.
• To clean obvious marks or spillages (doors, floors, walls etc) as soon as they happen, within reason.
• To ensure any signs pictures or displays that are fixed to the wall are tidy, appropriate and in keeping with nursery display guides.
• To make sure rooms, toilets and corridors are left tidy and cleared away at the end of the day to include children’s clothes and shoes, resources, cups, plates, utensils, food, drink etc.
• To ensure displays are changed regularly and in line with display guidelines.
• To ensure everything in the room that needs to be is appropriately labelled.
• To ensure that appropriate signage is displayed correctly e.g. fire evacuation.
• Answer the phone as appropriate.
• Answer the door following set policies and procedures.
Health and Safety Responsibilities
• Help maintain the safety and security of all children, employees and visitors to the Nursery.
• Be familiar with the nursery’s Health and Safety policy.
• Help carry out regular assessments to ensure all Nursery Health and Safety procedures are followed.
• Ensure the cleanliness of the children at all times.
• Ensure Accident and Incident books are maintained correctly.
• Ensure child registers are kept correctly.