Early Years Practitioner

TITLE OF POST:

 Early Years Practitioner

LOCATION:

Howgill Family Centre, Cleator Moor and various settings

HOWGILL MISSION STATEMENT
Creating Opportunities for Children and Families
The Howgill Family Centre will work to build, healthier, safer communities where children,
young people and families are valued, respected and encouraged to achieve their potential.

PURPOSE OF POST:
To assist in the delivery of quality early years sessions.

RESPONSIBLE TO:
The Board of Trustees is the legal employer for this post and exercises all the usual
responsibilities attendant on this.

The Early Years Practitioner reports to the Early Years Setting Manager

MAIN DUTIES:

Early Years
To assist with the planning, organisation and maintain a learning environment appropriate to
the developmental needs and interests of children in the varied sessional care, full day care
and crèche sessions.

To help foster an environment where children’s emotional and social development will
flourish.

To assist the Early Years Setting Manager and Early Years Setting Deputy Manager where
and when necessary and be guided by them in delegation of tasks and working
arrangements.

To work as part of a team of providers of early years education and development sharing
responsibilities where necessary.

To help provide within the setting, a balanced, structured curriculum paying due regard to
current research on how children learn, and with particular reference to learning from first-
hand experience, play and talk, and the development of appropriate skills and early literacy.

To be responsible by agreement for particular indoor and outdoor learning areas and
activities, and to plan, prepare and display appropriate materials.

To encourage children to be independent in personal skills in feeding, changing and toileting
 supporting them where necessary

To attend and contribute to meetings and training sessions when required.

To be a key person for a group of children, to observe their learning and complete up to date
profiles of children’s development and progress working in partnership with parents and other
members of staff.

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To support children with additional needs in the settings as required.

To deputise for other posts when necessary.

To provide comfort for sick children and to administer First Aid in line with existing policies
and legislation.

To administer medication when necessary, in accordance with the Nursery Policy.

To work with the students aiding in the development and supporting process.

To have a clear commitment to equality of opportunity for children and families.

To work closely with colleagues in children’s services, health, schools and a range of other
partner agencies in supporting a holistic approach to children and their families.

To assist with the keeping of registers, records and information required for evaluation
purposes as required.

To be flexible to work in other nursery settings when required

Generic

To comply with all the policies and procedures of the Howgill Family Centre.

To maintain strict confidentiality procedures at all times.

To maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the
job and participate in appropriate training activities.

To undertake Health and Safety duties commensurate with the post and/ or as detailed in the
centres Health and Safety policy.

This post is subject to a criminal record check under the arrangements established by the
Disclosure and Barring Service.

The duties described in the job description must be carried out in a manner which promotes
equality of opportunity, dignity and due respect for all employees and service and is
consistent with Howgills Equal Opportunity Policy.

The job description reflects the major tasks to be carried out by the post holder and identifies
a level of responsibility at which the post holder will be required to work. In the interests of
effective working, major tasks will be reviewed from time to time to reflect the changing needs
and circumstances. Such reviews and other consequential changes will be carried out in
consultation with the post holder. The post holder will also be required to carry out such
duties as may be determined from time to time to be within the general scope of the post.

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