OR100752 - Early Years Practitioner

Aatom Recruitment is looking for OR(phone number removed) - Early Years Practitioner on behalf of a Local Authority

Job Title: OR(phone number removed) - Early Years Practitioner 

Contract Duration: 3 Months

Hours per Week: 36

 

ROLE PURPOSE:

• To provide high quality integrated day care and early education to children from birth to 7 years within a multi-disciplinary team and in line with the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage.  

• To contribute to planning and support delivery of a high quality early years curriculum, which includes a full commitment to anti-discriminatory practice.

• This will include daily, weekly and termly planning to meet individual children's needs and interests and record keeping that tracks the development of the individual child.

• To promote children s development within a secure, safe and stimulating environment, and with reference to good practice curriculum guidance appropriate to the ages and stages of development of the children.

• To provide input to the assessment of children s overall development, including carrying out observations, recording children s achievement, and maintaining developmental records to a high standard.

• To support colleagues in undertaking their responsibilities as key worker to a specific group of children within the centre and the smooth transition from home to centre and from centre to school

• To effectively manage the behaviour of the children in line with procedural guidance and to implement planned interventions for children with additional needs.

• To provide appropriate physical care in areas of washing, toileting, changing, feeding, dressing, comforting and administering medication.

• To work with due regard to Child Protection procedures and to report matters of concern to the centre managers.

• To assist with the organisation of outings for children s interest, education and enjoyment and with regard to safety.

• There is a requirement to lift and assist in toileting and changing and in helping to transfer from seating to mobility aids.  

• The post will help children to acquire and develop self help skills including toileting and personal hygiene.

• Work may also involve implementing individual movement programmes, under the direction of other professionals.

• The post holder will be required to help with first aid provision, comforting sick or injured children.  

• In emergency situations he/she will need to liaise with the designated first-aider, senior staff and medical professionals, accompanying children to hospital or doctors as necessary.

• Any basic medical procedures that may need to be carried out will have training provided for