Young Discoverers Pre-school

Young Discoverers have a vacancy for a Pre-school Practitioner Qualification: - CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Pre-school Practice or equivalent Sound understanding of the EYFS, child development and children’s needs Current experience of working in early years An enthusiastic and experienced Pre-school Practitioner, with a passion for childcare to join our pre-school team. You will help to ensure the children attending the pre-school have the best start in life. Young Discoverers Pre-School has a purpose-built building located very close to the town centre of Hemel Hempstead. The grounds provide a great setting for discovery and learning. The successful candidate will provide early years social and educational care to children aged two years to four plus years. Hours and salary to be negotiated. Closing Date: Friday 28th September 2024

· To implement the EYFS delivering activities that meet the individual needs and interests of the children within key groups. Making sure you are working with other team members · To keep records of your key children’s development, carry out assessments and data tracking, keeping the learning journeys up to date sharing them with patents, carers and other key adults in the child’s life · To follow the nursery Safeguarding procedure to ensure all children are kept safe, well and secure · Support all staff and engage in a good staff team · Liaise with and support parents and other family members · Be involved in, out of hours working such as, staff meetings, training, parents’ consultations and fun /event days · To be flexible within working practices of the nursery. Be prepared to help where needed, including undertaking other tasks such as, cleaning, toy washing, preparing snacks/meals · Work alongside the manager and the staff team to ensure that the nurseries philosophy is always fulfilled · Read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role as deemed appropriate by the manager · Recording accidents and incidents and other important documents, ensuring that the duty manager has seen and signed it before handing over to the parents/carer · Look upon the nursery as a ‘whole’ where can your help be most utilised? Be constantly aware of the individual needs of all children · Ensure someone known and agreed by the nursery and parents collects the child. Following the correct procedures in place to make sure this is carried out efficiently. · To respect the confidentiality of all information received