Job Description

The Sunflower Group are looking for Level 3 practitioner's to support the smooth running's of our provision at our Stalybridge setting. The candidate is to provide an emotionally secure, warm, stimulating and safe environment, appropriate to the needs of individual children in our baby room. There must be excellent knowledge of the Early Years foundation stage and implement these in your daily work.

Ensuring routines are being followed and run smoothly Ensuring new decisions are taken on board and maintained in the room at all times Ensuring that all relevant handovers happen between rooms and to our families. Ensuring that all policies and procedures are being followed by all staff Being an excellent role model to the other staff in your room Understanding all policies and procedures of the nursery and being able to answer relevant questions from parents/carers/outside agencies (i.e OFSTED) help support room leaders in managing staff effectively, ensuring ratios are maintained. Overseeing the professionalism of all staff/students in the setting Working with students and their supervisor, passing on your knowledge to them, practically and theoretically. Ensuring the students allocated to your room are aware of and comply with the policies and procedures of the setting Welcoming all children and parents to the nursery and helping them settle. To provide a wide and varied range of activities for the children individually and as a group appropriate to their needs and developmental stage. To support children with complex needs accessing our provision working with their individual strategies. Laying out and setting up the nursery and storing away equipment appropriately. Explaining activities to children and providing help if necessary. To encourage the children with their language development and positive verbal response. To organise creative activities and displays for the walls and help display the children's work. Maintain a clean and tidy nursery and garden area and ensure books, toys and equipment are clean and in good order. Encourage and supervise clearing and tidy up time Provide a high standard of health and hygiene Change nappies and encourage children with toilet training and personal hygiene Help children at meal times and then tidy and clear away afterwards Act as a key person for a group of children as allocated by the management team, ensuring attachment theories are respected. Have a sound knowledge of all the children in the setting and an excellent knowledge of your key children. Work in partnership with parents, consulting and sharing information with them about the needs and progress of their children Filling in all the appropriate record keeping for your key child and ensure they are continually up to date Attend and participate in staff meetings To undertake training and give appropriate feedback to the staff team and implement this in your work To take responsibility for aspects of the work of the nursery as required by the management team To ensure adherence to the nursery's child care procedures and policies within all aspects of the work in the nursery To exercise a general duty of care for work colleagues and to be responsible for ensuring a safe working Inform the management team of any concerns regarding the children, parents or other staff. It is every member of staff responsibility to ensure professionalism and confidentiality are adhered to at all times.
All applicants must have a clear DBS, 2 satisfactory references, health care check and a 20 week probation period.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 7.55-12.31 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

Company pension Health & wellbeing programme Transport links
Schedule:

10 hour shift 8 hour shift
Application question(s):

Are you registered on the DBS update service? Do you have experience of working with children under 2yrs
Education:

Certificate of Higher Education (preferred)
Experience:

Childcare: 2 years (preferred)
Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 29/09/2025