Job Description

This role if for a key worker in Nursery working alongside a highly skilled, passionate and committed team. You will be part of a wider excellent EYFS team who are committed to delivering a extraordinary provision for our children. This role is 8:30am - 4:00pm Monday to Friday, a total of 35 hours per week with half an hour of an unpaid break each day.

An ELAN early years practitioner / assistant is positive, a team player, motivational, flexible, creative, and innovative with a supportive nature, as well as being confident, calm, consistent and resourceful with experience supporting EYFS pupils in a classroom environment.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Early Years provision at Locking Primary School working with children aged 2-4 years.

About you

You should have a strong interest in working with children to help them develop and grow. You should demonstrate a good work ethic and be able to communicate effectively with the people around you, making sure that you treat both other staff and children with respect and care at all times. You should have a can-do attitude. You should bring excitement and fun to the early years setting.
You will work closely with the nursery and preschool manager to resource and adapt planning and support high quality teaching and learning across all subjects. You will help to create learning environments where pupils can expand their knowledge. You will work with the school community to uphold our trust and school values.

You need to be proactive, energetic, and committed to engaging pupils, developing their desire to learn. You will help to inspire them to be confident and independent. You will also need to be calm, patient, sensitive and able to comfort children when they're upset.

You will:

have EYFS experience have empathy for and enjoyment of working with children have a working knowledge of effective safeguarding practice have strong Communication and interpersonal skills have willingness to engage in training and reflect for their own development understand that everyone is different and make sure everyone who attends our setting is respected and given the best experience be self-motivated, flexible and solution focused approach have the ability to keep calm under pressure and in challenging situations have the ability to provide support and guidance whilst promoting learning and respect be a good team player have an understanding of disadvantage and the barriers to learning
Locking is an established, village school, for children aged 2-11 years old in a fantastic location in North Somerset. We have a strong community, and we are committed to ensuring that each of our children becomes an enthusiastic, resilient learner and to become people who want to work to the make the world a better place. So, we focus on growing the whole child, inspiring a love of learning and a sense of community, and belonging, and to do this we are looking for inspirational staff.

Safeguarding Statement

Locking Primary School is part of Extend Learning Academies Network (ELAN) and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. We will be undertaking an appropriate online search for shortlisted candidates. It is an offence to apply for a role that requires regulated activity if you are barred from doing so. Any concerns will be reported immediately to the appropriate body. Our safeguarding policy is available on the school website.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 21,840.97-23,279.55 per year

Benefits:

Bereavement leave Casual dress Company pension Cycle to work scheme Enhanced maternity leave Enhanced paternity leave Free parking Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Referral programme Sick pay
Work Location: In person