Early Years Practitioner

Job Role: Early Years Practitioner (Level 4) Reports to: Manager Hours: 30 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 09:00 – 16:30 Location: Slough, Observatory House Salary: £13-£15 per hour Introduction & Job Purpose An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Early Years Practitioner to join the Slough team! Do you enjoy working with children and helping others? If so, this role is for you! Working with Slough Borough Councils experienced team, this is a great opportunity to enhance your career and build everlasting relationships. As an added bonus we (GR8 Connect) will be offering to provide extra training to enhance your skills and develop a long term career. Key Responsibilities / Tasks • To contribute as an experienced practitioner to all aspects of the daily operation of the setting, including implementation of operational plans and procedures; delivery of curriculum and educational programmes; catering; health and safety procedures, including safeguarding, cleaning routines and administration of children’s records. • To provide full care and supervision for the children, ensuring that all their needs are met and working in close partnership with staff from local primary schools to provide fully integrated care and education and smooth transition from one phase to the next. • To ensure that the setting’s resources are used cost-effectively. • To promote high standards of behaviour and discipline and to uphold and promote the setting’s policies on equalities and inclusion. • To implement all other of the settings’ policies and procedures, ensuring that the OFSTED standards are met and records are kept as required. • To help promote the setting with parents, local schools, other early years settings and the local community and to assist with marketing activities. • To work in partnership with staff from schools and agencies, including network childminders, in order to deliver multi-agency services to parents and children in the local neighbourhood. • To attend planning and staff meetings as required. • To work in any of the service’s Children’s Centres and early years settings as required. • To undertake any other duties which may become necessary to ensure the successful running of the setting Key Qualifications / Experience * Enhanced DBS * Previous experience working with children * Organised, Self-motivated, ambitious and target driven. * Excellent communicator who can build strong relationships. * Able to work in a high-pressured environment. * True desire to be developed and offer growth within the company. * To be able to work well within a team and as an individual. * To have a positive attitude and be confident speaking to children and other staff members. The role will be Monday to Friday 09:00 to 16:30. Start date is 1st July 2024. All candidates are met face to face, our safeguarding compliance record is outstanding, and our approach is based on honesty and quality. If you are looking to either start or kick start your career as an Early Years Practitioner (Level 4) in the Berkshire area, and hoping to join a rapidly expanding, hugely successful team, then speak to us and apply now