Job Description

Job Summary:

To work as an effective member of Patchwork Nursery Team, assisting in the delivery of a flexible, high quality early education and care centred service that meets the needs of young children and their families.

: Main Outcomes required

1. Planning:

Support the Nursery team to ensure that each childs' needs are met in relation to health and wellbeing, literacy, numeracy and all other relevant areas.

2. Service delivery:

Assist the Nursery Manager to ensure that a high quality service is delivered to service users by ensuring that all agreed plans are implemented efficiently and effectively. In particular:

a) To provide support to children within the setting

b) To assist Practitioners to provide help with meeting education, care and welfare needs

c) To undertake lunchtime supervision

d) To keep up-to-date with early years initiatives and developments and to participate in continuing professional development in line with Nursery and SSSC policy and procedures.

3.

Quality Assurance:

Support the Nursery Manager to ensure that appropriate quality, performance and bench marking criteria are developed, and applied as a means of managing and monitoring the team's performance.

4.

Health & Safety:

All employees must follow Patchwork 2 to 5 Nursery's Health and Safety policies, standards, systems and procedures and must follow any additional Health and Safety instructions required by the Nursery Manager.

5.

Other duties & responsibilities:

Undertake other duties appropriate to this role, and as required by the Nursery Manager or Nursery Management Committee to ensure appropriate outcomes are achieved.

Person Specification: Essential Criteria

Education and / or professional qualifications

A minimum of 3 Standard Grades (Level 1, 2 or 3) or equivalent qualifications or experience

Hold or working towards SVQ L2 in Early Learning and Childcare

Experience

Experience of working in an Early Learning and Childcare under 5's setting

Specific job-related knowledge

Basic knowledge of child development

Any additional job-related requirements

PVG membership - required to gain this in relation to working with children.

Personal Qualities (Competencies) that are essential at recruitment stage:

Ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines

Effective communication skills, written and verbal.

Enthusiastic and motivated.

Caring and friendly nature

Work effectively as part of a team

Effective organisational skills

Effective problem solving skills

Person Specification: Desirable

Education and / or professional qualifications

Additional relevant qualification.

Experience

Experience of working within an ELC setting

Experience of outdoor learning environments

Experience of ongoing self-evaluation and continuous improvement of the service

Specific job-related knowledge

Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) - SHANARRI

Job Types: Part-time, Temporary

Pay: 12.21 per hour

Expected hours: 15 per week

Benefits:

Company pension On-site parking
Work Location: In person