Level 3 Early Years Practitioner

Job Purpose:

• Manage a safe learning environment
• Prepare, plan and resource activities and adventures that will stimulate amazing experiences for the children in your care
• Plan activities with a Forest School mindset, using natural recyclable materials where possible
• Be committed to keeping the children safe and behaving professionally at all times
• Create a supportive, happy culture and behaviour management strategy that enables children to achieve their potential
• Be a Key Worker, committed to creating trusting and open relationships with parents/carers and children
• Operate in a Key Worker role, observing them, assessing them and identifying next steps for the children in your care
• Create an accurate picture of your Key Worker children using Tapestry, creating summative reports and updating their file
• Contribute to the monitoring of the EYFS curriculum to ensure suitable opportunities are provided for the learners in all areas of the curriculum
• Offer a variety of experiences and activities to ensure that the diverse needs of learners are met
• Work with colleagues to assess and report on the development and progress of learners
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, parents/carers, professionals and the wider community to ensure the best experiences for the children
• Set challenges and activities for pupils absent from nursery if requested
• Ensure the learning environment and the wider nursery is clean and well managed
• Put resources away after use, ensuring they are stored appropriately
• Have excellent attendance, time-keeping and organization
• Be approachable, friendly and able to communicate effectively at all times
• Respect the confidentiality of sensitive family and nursery information
• Have high standards of professional conduct, representing the nursery in the best possible light
• Follow direction from your line managers
• Actively identify and contribute to cleaning, food preparation and washing duties ensuring morning and evening checklists are complete as required