OR100752 - Early Years Practitioner

Aatom Recruitment is looking for OR(phone number removed) - Early Years Practitioner on behalf of a Local Authority Job Title: OR(phone number removed) - Early Years Practitioner Contract Duration: 3 Months Hours per Week: 36 ROLE PURPOSE: * To provide high quality integrated day care and early education to children from birth to 7 years within a multi-disciplinary team and in line with the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. * To contribute to planning and support delivery of a high quality early years curriculum, which includes a full commitment to anti-discriminatory practice. * This will include daily, weekly and termly planning to meet individual children's needs and interests and record keeping that tracks the development of the individual child. * To promote children s development within a secure, safe and stimulating environment, and with reference to good practice curriculum guidance appropriate to the ages and stages of development of the children. * To provide input to the assessment of children s overall development, including carrying out observations, recording children s achievement, and maintaining developmental records to a high standard. * To support colleagues in undertaking their responsibilities as key worker to a specific group of children within the centre and the smooth transition from home to centre and from centre to school * To effectively manage the behaviour of the children in line with procedural guidance and to implement planned interventions for children with additional needs. * To provide appropriate physical care in areas of washing, toileting, changing, feeding, dressing, comforting and administering medication. * To work with due regard to Child Protection procedures and to report matters of concern to the centre managers. * To assist with the organisation of outings for children s interest, education and enjoyment and with regard to safety. * There is a requirement to lift and assist in toileting and changing and in helping to transfer from seating to mobility aids. * The post will help children to acquire and develop self help skills including toileting and personal hygiene. * Work may also involve implementing individual movement programmes, under the direction of other professionals. * The post holder will be required to help with first aid provision, comforting sick or injured children. * In emergency situations he/she will need to liaise with the designated first-aider, senior staff and medical professionals, accompanying children to hospital or doctors as necessary. * Any basic medical procedures that may need to be carried out will have training provided for