Apprenticeship Early Years Practitioner (Fixed Term Until March 2016)Reporting to Business Manager/Officer in ChargeBase Broomfield Hall

Hours 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per yearContract Type Support (Apprenticeship)Holidays 20 per year subject to service increases

Salary 5,678 per annum

Job Purpose

To support the nursery team in all aspects of their work

Key Responsibilities To undertake a programme of activities suitable for the age and stage of development of the children in your care.

To provide high level care for the children in your care.

To support colleagues and engage in good team practice including childrens learning journeys and planning for individual needs.

To keep up to date with safeguarding issues relating to the nursery children, families and staff.

To use the outdoor environment as an extension of the indoor environment.

To work flexibly within the working practice of the nursery.

To provide a professional customer service to children and parents. To take responsibility for ones own professional development and continually update as necessary.

To comply with Equal Opportunities policies and to assist in the development of Equal Opportunities.

To comply with all Health & Safety, Child Protection & Safeguarding, Risk Management policy and legislation in the performance of the duties of the post.

To take reasonable care of your own health, safety and welfare and that of any other person who may be affected by your actions or omissions whilst at work. You are also required to co-operate with the College to enable it to fulfil its legal obligations. Appropriate information, instruction, training and supervision will be provided to enable you to perform your duties in a manner that is deemed safe and without risk to health.

To comply with all aspects of the Data Protection Act.

To adhere to the Colleges Computer Network Acceptable Use Policy.

To undertake risk assessments for any new activity and to ensure risk assessment checks are carried out for any on-going activity.

To carry out any other reasonable duties within the overall function, commensurate with the grading and level of responsibility of the job.

Competencies Ability to work within a team

Effective communication skills To be creative

Any skills that can be used with children Some experience of working with children i.e. placements, voluntary work etc. Nursery experience Caring

Enthusiastic

Reliable

Able to form relationships with children

Good personal/ professional presentation

Knowledge

Some knowledge of how children grow and develop

An understanding of Nursery systems

Knowledge of nursery practices i.e. routines

Qualifications

Essential

Minimum of 3 Level 2 qualifications grades A-E

Desirable

First Aid

Basic Food Hygiene

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