Early Years Practitioner, Permanent, Part Time, 20 hours per week, Term Time only, Monday – Friday 9am - 3pm. Start Date: ASAP

We are seeking a qualified and dedicated professional to join our team as an Early Years Practitioner. This position requires a passionate individual who is committed to providing exceptional care and support to children in an early years setting.

Brief description of duties and responsibilities include ensuring that children are properly cared for and supervised; including feeding, self-care and changing nappies. Supporting children’s play and relationships, preparing meals and snacks, involving the children as much as possible. Ensure fruit and vegetables are purchased for snacks on a rota basis. Implement the principles of EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage). Support children's independence and development. Monitor, track and record children's development and provide core feedback to parents in person and through tapestry, in conjunction with the manager, and carry out parent consultations events as required. To contribute to managing inventory, ordering materials resources and consumables. Keep the nursery clean, tidy and organised. Contribute to planning if necessary. Attending Friday morning review meeting and regular staff meetings. Working to promote safeguarding, equality and diversity and values in the setting. Administering First Aid and medication if qualified and filling in accident forms. Reporting Accidents to the management.

To apply please contact us on Email: info@stchristophersplaygroup.uk

Early Years SENCO Practitioner, Permanent, Part Time. Salary/Hourly Rate: Negotiable. Hours : 30 hours, Term Time only, Monday-Friday, 9:00am - 3:00pm. Start Date: TBC.

We are seeking a qualified and dedicated professional to join our team as a SENCO Early Years Practitioner. This position requires a passionate individual who is committed to providing exceptional care and support to children with special educational needs and/or disabilities in an early years setting.

If you have the necessary qualifications and experience, and a genuine desire to make a positive impact on the lives of young children, we encourage you to apply.

Brief description of duties and responsibilities include to manage SEND provision, ensuring individual requirements are met, monitor and record children's development and support children with special needs. To maintain records and communicate progress to parents and professionals regularly. You will assist in staff training on inclusive practices, collaborate with management for effective SEN provision and work with external agencies to support individualised provision. You will be able to implement the principles of EYFS, contribute to planning, activities, and routines as well as develop and implement personalised plans for children with special needs. Be able to support children's care, play, relationships, and development, support children with toileting and transitions, be able to administer First Aid and medication if qualified and filling in accident forms and report accidents to the management.

You will be required to have a Level 3 Qualification in early years education with experience as a SENCO. Have knowledge of safeguarding, health and safety, development and learning needs and an ability to assess and access children's development whilst being caring and compassionate towards diverse needs.

To apply please contact us on Email: info@stchristophersplaygroup.uk

Level 3 Early Years Practitioner required Monday to Friday (9:00am – 3:00pm) term-time only at our setting in Dursley. Start Date: September 2024.

We are recruiting due to increasing numbers and the popularity of the setting. We are looking for a candidate who is enthusiastic and committed to delivering an outstanding provision and has a minimum of one year working at L3 or above in early years.  Current certificates in both child protection and first aid would be advantageous but not essential.  If you are keen, enthusiastic, creative and dedicated to helping children become the best they can be, then we are keen to hear from you.

PATA offers a pension scheme and great additional staff benefits including access to our excellent training, long service additional leave, a Christmas shopping afternoon in the Autumn term, contributions to Christmas and mid-year team parties, access to wellbeing support, a termly Outstanding Achievement award and not forgetting free tea and coffee and the occasional treat!

For details of a full job description please click here. To apply, please click here to complete an application form.

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Closing date: Monday 3^rd June 2024.

Playgroup Manager - permanent position - to start ASAP - term time only - Level 3 - £14.50 per hour.

We are a longstanding community playgroup in the heart of Tetbury. We have a wonderful staff team who work closely together to run our unique pack-away setting.

For a full job description of the role, please click here.

Please email chair@stmarysplaygrouptetbury.co.uk for more information or to arrange an informal visit.

Would you like to join the PATA Early Years Team and be part of our bank staff team working across a range of settings around the county? PATA is looking for an exceptional practitioner who would like ad hoc work across our PATA Managed Groups. You will need to be able to travel, sometimes at short notice, to our settings in Gloucester, Winchcombe, Siddington, Chepstow and Dursley to cover planned and emergency staff absences. Settings use standardised documentation but retain their individual ‘flavour’ so you will get a broad range of experiences. Applicants must be appropriately qualified at level 3 and hold Paediatric First Aid certificate. For more information please get in touch for more information on info@pataglos.org.uk