Early Years Practitioner
- Location:
- 10 craigmillar park, eh165ne
- Rate:
- £9.50 - £16.50 per hour
- Contract Type:
- Permanent
- Position Type:
- Full Time
- Hours:
- 40 hours per week
Early Years Practitioners
St Margarets Nursery & Pre-school are currently looking to recruit experienced Early Years Practitioners to join our amazing team.
We currently have vacancies available with all our age groups, Babies, Tweenies, Toddlers and Pre-school; we are open to discussions on room/age preferences.
You must have SVQ Level 3, HNC or qualified in Early Years Education.
Key elements of the post:
- Ensure your room is set up prior to the children entering in the morning/afternoon session.
- Plan, observe, evaluate and reflect on learning experiences for the children.
- Ensure activities are age/stage appropriate and/or appropriate for the individual child.
- Ensure that children are actively engaged in activities indoors and outdoors.
- Ensure the health and safety, cleaning & outdoor checklists are carried out prior to the nursery opening and where applicable throughout the day.
- Positively communicate with parents/guardians to ensure we are up to date with the child’s routine i.e. sleep patterns, mealtimes development etc.
- Ensure floor books, self-evaluation, playroom practice observations are up to date and reflects the children's voice.
- Work as part of a key worker system, ensuring you know your key children's individual needs, next steps and achievements.
- Effective use of Edinburgh Council toolkits and contribution towards self-evaluation across the nursery setting, using How Good is Our Early Learning and Childcare and Building the Ambition.
- Be a reflective practitioner who will role model and work with a team.
- Adhere to St Margarets Nursery & Pre-school's policies and procedures.
- Always have a polite, professional and approachable manner.
- Create a safe and stimulating learning environment and provide a high standard of care for the children.
- Keep up to date with all Early Years documents, regulations, Child Acts, and new policies and procedures that are regularly changing.
Staff benefits include:
- 50% discounted childcare within the company
- Competitive salaries as well as established single partner provider nursery.
- 28 Days Holiday with NO deductions for closure days over Christmas and New Year. This means you can use your full holiday entitlement as you wish.
- All overtime is paid time and a half of your hourly rate.
- Paid training to expand your training.
- Nursery uniform.
- Personal company card with 40% discount on bars and restaurants in Edinburgh.
- Bonus scheme - staff and parents can nominate 2 people who they would like to receive stars of the month, each winner receives vouchers of their choice at a value of £50 each.
- Weekly room meetings are paid by the company.
- Team bonding days/nights out are paid by the company.
- Many opportunities to progress and grow with St Margarets Nursery & Pre-school.
St Margarets Nursery & Pre-school's benefits:
- Full-time cook and part-time cooking assistant.
- Lunch cover staff.
- Contract cleaners who attend every day.
- Full-time maintenance man.
- Technology Room with a smartboard and many learning accessories.
- Large separated outdoor learning areas.
- Bright and spacious room environments.
- Receptionist Ellie who will help with all your displays, printing, cutting and laminating.
- Staff are welcome to have nurseries lunches and snacks.
- Staffroom which has been created for staff to relax.
- Large reception area which is used for extracurricular activities.
- Branded nursery minivan which staff can drive to planned trips and outings.
- Free parking.