Early Years Practitioner

Early Years Practitioner (permanent) to commence from 01.01.2025

How would you like to work each day with happy, inquisitive and enthusiastic children in a friendly, innovative and caring school?

 
The Executive Headteacher, children, staff and governors are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and skilled Early Years Practitioner, to provide excellent early years provision. The successful candidate will be based at Winterton Church of England Infants’ School in our Nursery unit.

You are required to:
•    Hold NNEB, NVQ or appropriate EYP qualification 
•    Have experience of working in an early year’s setting
•    Have excellent communication skills both oral and written and be able to keep effective records
•    Have excellent knowledge and understanding of Foundation Stage Guidance and be an outstanding practitioner

We can offer you: 
•    A dedicated, enthusiastic and supportive staff team
•    A secure, caring and inclusive environment where achievement is celebrated
•    Happy children who love learning
•    Professional development opportunities

Visits to our schools are encouraged and warmly welcomed. Please contact the Infant School office to make a mutually convenient appointment.

The Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any offer of employment to this post will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. The full version of our Recruitment of ex offenders and Disclosure and Barring Service procedure can be accessed from our website. 

Closing date for applications – 12 noon Thursday 5th December 2024
Interview Date:  Thursday 12th December 2024

Why join us?

We offer:

Competitive salaries

Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions up to 18.5%

Generous annual leave and Bank Holiday entitlement

Flexible and agile working

A modern workplace with access to great technology

Salary sacrifice schemes- ie the option to purchase additional holidays or a bike to cycle to work

Family friendly policies supporting fostering, adoption and caring responsibilities

Our values and culture

We stay true to our values:

Equality of opportunity so everyone can have a good quality of life.

Striving for excellence and high standards.

Using our resources wisely and with integrity.

Promoting self-responsibility and people having choice and control over their own lives.

Our organisational goals are to be:

Progressive and enabling in our approach.

Financially and environmentally sustainable.

Safer recruitment

As an employer, we will:

· Promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from existing and prospective employees or volunteers.

· Commit to the recruitment of a diverse workforce to best meet the needs of our customers.

· Ensure that recruitment decisions are based on reasonable and objective criteria, free from bias or unfair discrimination.

· Provide training for recruiters to ensure they are fully equipped with the skills to recruit the best people.

· Make reasonable adjustments to any aspect of the process to meet individual need, where known.

Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.

All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant work permit where necessary. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, we will also require additional information in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks and receipt of satisfactory references which will be sought prior to interview.

The above post will be subject to a DBS check, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ds-code-of-practice) 'It is an offence for anyone barred from working with children or adults to apply to work in regulated activity with that group'

This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK and other pre-employment checks where applicable.