Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for an Early Years Educator to work full-time based in a Residential home in Uxbridge.
The salary for this permanent Early Years Educator role is £27,030
Main Duties:
- To assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of activities that support young children's learning, development and health ensuring consistency of high quality provision
- To assist in the provision of a stimulating learning environment that encourages children to learn and develop through play
- No direct supervisory responsibility however there may be requirement to assist in induction and training of peers and new employees
- To demonstrate understanding of the Council’s Customer Care Standards and ensure that these standards are met in order to deliver the Council vision of ‘putting our residents first’
- Working as part of a team, to assist in the planning and delivery of appropriate activities that are conducive to supporting the learning and development of young children in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage;
- To ensure all children's activities are set up with appropriate toys and equipment, ensuring a risk assessment is completed and updated regularly;
- To provide a stimulating learning environment both inside and out, that encourages children to learn and develop through play;
- To observe and record children's learning and achievements, noting areas of development where children may need additional support and share these with the child's key-carer;
- To ensure an extensive knowledge of safeguarding and child protection policy and procedure and to report to the Nursery Manager any concerns about children;
- To support the nursery team in delivering a service that is sensitive to the needs of the children, parents and carers from different social and cultural backgrounds;
- To raise parent/carers awareness of the needs of the developing child and to model and share good practice;
- To give consideration to the physical and emotional needs of all children in the nursery's care;
- To ensure support is given to parent/carers as appropriate for instance e.g. parenting skills and behaviour management;
- To ensure that work is carried out in line with all relevant statutory children's legislation and comply with Ofsted standards and registration;
- To work co-operatively as part of a team;
- To report health and safety hazards to the appropriate health and safety officer;
- To be familiar with accident and emergency procedures and understand the importance of reporting accidents and incidents;
- To provide immediate first aid and comfort to sick or injured children as a trained paediatric first aider;
- To assist in the preparation of healthy snacks and drinks for the children;
- To support the children with their individual care needs, e.g. feeding, toileting as appropriate and in accordance with centre policies;
- To maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene for the children (including changing of clothes and nappies as required), equipment and environment;
- To assist in carrying out laundry and cleaning duties as necessary
- Maintain knowledge of the current Team Plan and understanding of own contribution in order to ensure delivery of this plan
- To demonstrate cost-consciousness and identify any cost effective changes to own way of working
- To identify and suggest any improvements to current ways of working in order to deliver a more efficient and effective service for families
- Front line professional staff across the children's centre programme, health and the voluntary sector
- Complete other reasonable tasks in order to fulfil role purpose or as required by management
- Delivery of agreed PADA objectives
Requirements of this job:
- Early Years and Childcare qualifications at level 2 or above e.g. NVQ Level 2/3, CACHE Certificate/Diploma in Childcare and Education or NNEB or equivalent
- Paediatric First Aid qualification Level 3
- Evidence of CPD
- Ability to work flexibly across sites to meet the needs of the service – postholder will be assigned to one establishment but will work across a locality
- Experience of planning and carrying out care, play and learning programmes for groups of young children, including children under three, appropriate to their needs and developmental stage
- Experience of delivering childcare provision for children under five
- Experience of working with families with complex needs
- Experience of working with children with additional needs
- Experience of planning sessions to make best use of available resources
- Excellent knowledge of early childhood development and practice including the Early Years Stage Foundation Stage
- Knowledge of current legislation and procedures relating to the Children Act 1989, Childcare Act 2006, OfSTED regulations and inspection frameworks
- Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with children, their families and the wider community
- Ability to use a sensitive approach in talking with parents regarding their child’s development, parenting approaches, and/or their basic skills’ needs
- A sound knowledge of safeguarding and child protection procedures
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team in order to provide the best service to the children and their families
- Ability to use ICT and learn relevant systems as required
- “Can do” positive attitude
- Demonstrates a commitment to changing work practices and processes, and a willingness to try new ways of working or thinking
- Takes responsibility and delivers results
- Adapts to changing demands to ensure that objectives are met, overcoming problems and making well considered decisions
- Team working
- Acts as a role model to others in the team, sharing knowledge and experience when necessary, whilst respecting and valuing the contribution other team members’ experiences can bring
- Communication
- Demonstrates well developed written and verbal communication skills; and the confidence to present reports and verbal accounts credibly to a variety of different audiences
Contact:
This job is advertised by Maisy Price; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications within a residential or supported living setting from care home managers, deputy managers, care coordinators, key workers, childcare workers and more as we might have other roles applicable to you.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
