Job Description
Brief overview of the role
What you’ll do at work
This role will be based in their Toddler room, taking care of children aged 30 months to 36 months.
Responsibilities include:
- To provide the highest standard of care, ensuring a happy, friendly, safe, stimulating and secure environment.
- To follow, and have a good working knowledge of Dots n Spots policies and procedures throughout your daily routine.
- To update daily records, attendance, check sheets, planning and development records, tracking, summative assessments and personal files for the children.
- To have sound knowledge of the EYFS, implementing, reflecting, observing and adapting activities within the room. Observations must positively reflect learning, and provide next steps that are followed.
- Administer medication, completing medicine forms, medical care plans and allergy information.
- To undertake any training identified by the room leader or manager.
- To respect and build strong relationships with parents/carers in order to provide the best care for the children. To assist in any routines established at home.
- To drop off and collect children from school, ensuring all procedures are followed.
- To manage children’s behaviour in accordance to the settings Dots n Spots policies.
- To liaise with the SENCo and other professional involved in the children’s care, following strategies in place, and meeting targets set.
- To report any child protection concerns to your room leader or safeguarding officers. Following Dots n Spots report, record, and monitor procedures. All information must be kept confidential.
- To participate in planning, carry out activities that follow the EYFS outcomes.
- Attend staff meetings.
- Work as part of a team, ensuring any issues are resolved, promoting a positive working environment throughout the nursery.
- Support the managers in promoting the nursery.
- Ensure a high standard of hygiene is promoted.
- Assist in cleaning of the nursery.
- To follow food hygiene when dealing with meals and snacks.
- Upholding a food hygiene certificate.
- Take part in first aid training, administer first aid when required.
- Recording all incidents, accidents, and substantial accidents/injuries from home.
- Answer the telephone, and deal with enquiries professionally and pass any messages or complaints to an appropriate person.
- To be cost effective with resources, use time efficiently.
- Work together with the managers to implement the business plan.
- To undertake any duties as may be required.
- To complete course work for your qualifications.
- Use the Off the Job hours to complete apprentice work set by the assessors.
- To participate in one-to-one supervisions and reviews with your training provider.
Hours
Monday to Friday, shifts to be confirmed.
30 hours a week
Your training plan
- Level 2 or 3 Early Years qualification at Redcar & Cleveland College.
- Functional skills Maths & English, if required.
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade A*-C/9-4)
- Maths (grade A*-C/9-4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Genuine care for children
- Enthusiastic
- Willingness to learn
- Time management
- Able to build relationships
- Adaptable
About this company
At Dots ‘n’ Spots our aim is to provide a flexible childcare service that meets the needs of all families and children. We feel that it is vital for all children to develop positively; this is achieved through our Key-worker system and individual planning. The environment will be free from discrimination and prejudice in order for all children to grow and flourish. All rooms and outside areas are maintained to the highest safety levels and designed to give a warm and friendly atmosphere; enabling children to grow in all areas of development. We pride ourselves on high levels of communication with families as they know their children best, ensuring that we are delivering a positive service for all. This two-way communication will ensure that families and staff are fully informed of the child’s development and progress enabling us to support each child.
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Where you’ll work
STATION LANE
SKELTON IN CLEVELAND
SALTBURN BY THE SEA
TS12 2LR
