Apprentice Level 2 Early Years Practitioner

Job purpose:

To support and work closely with the Room Leader in the daily childcare provision the rooms and actively participating in promotions for and of the nursery To ensure a safe, stimulating happy and well organised environment by adhering to all Policies and Procedures of Lilliput Lodge Children’s Day Nursery To provide the children with the highest quality of Care and Education To foster a healthy team spirit To support all areas of organisation in the Early Years Foundation Stage To actively enable the children in his/her care to develop social, emotionally, intellectually, morally and physically To achieve self-confidence, self-discipline and social awareness skills within a happy, secure and stimulating environment Report to Room Leader, Deputy Manager and Nursery Manager

Key accountabilities:

Childcare:

To fully support the Nursery Manager and Deputy Manager in the day-to-day running of the Nursery by promoting a safe, stimulating, child-centred environment To have responsibility as keyworker of a specific group of children To ensure that children are given awareness of cultural beliefs and differences and to promote equality of opportunity To provide support to other staff to ensure all children are being provided a range of learning opportunities at the appropriate level to enable them to achieve within the Early Years Foundation Stage To that Development Records through the Early Years Foundation Stage Record of Achievement are completed and dated for each child in your keygroup To promote inclusion of children with special educational needs To promote equality of opportunities throughout the Nursery

Professional and Organisational:

To support staff and students, offering good role modelling and lead by example To assist the Nursery Manager and Deputy Manager in promoting teamwork and a high morale among staff To ensure that Development records are prepared and made available to the parents. To be available to answer any queries or concerns. Additionally, to attend Parent’s Evenings and to meet with parents on an informal basis when requested To adopt a professional approach in all aspects of this role, including actively using, and promoting Nursery Policies and Procedures To offer emotional support to both children and their parents as required To provide a happy, secure and stimulating environment and to display children’s work in an attractive way To monitor and maintain the day-to-day hygiene of the rooms To attend and contribute to regular staff meetings, including whole nursery meetings To support the supervision and delegation of duties to staff To assist the Nursery Manager and Deputy Manager in organising and supporting Nursery events held outside normal working hours To help the Nursery Manager and Deputy Manager plan and organise educational/social visits and outings for children To keep up to date records of the children’s achievements by means of Development folders To ensure that the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage are followed

Training:

Early Years Practitioner Level 2.

Training Outcome:

Progression onto Level 3 Early Years Educator.

Employer Description:
As its name implies Lilliput Lodge is and attractive lodge purposefully designed for little people! We are registered by Ofsted as a 50 place day nursery for children aged 0-5 years. We are the first nursery in Sandwell to achieve Quality Assurance for the high standards of care and education we offer. Our Equal Opportunity Policy promotes full inclusion.

Working Hours :
Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 6.00pm. Minimum of 30-hours per week - shifts to be confirmed.

Skills:
Communication skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Presentation skills,Team working,Creative,Initiative,Non judgemental,Patience