Lead Practitioner

Description:

Lead Practitioner

£22,072 - £23,139 (DOE)

Swanley, Kent

The Role

The Education People have developed our nursery group with a family ethos, which we feel encompasses children, their families as well as our highly skilled and committed staff teams.

We are committed to maintaining the quality of our workforce and recognise the importance in investing in our staff’s professional development, wellbeing and career progression. If you are a motivated individual who is looking for an exciting opportunity in the early years and childcare workforce, then please view our current vacancy below. We are an innovative company and are looking for likeminded people to join our family and have a positive impact on outcomes for our children.

Due to the nature of work being carried out an Enhanced DBS check (provided by the Company) will be carried out, please consider this before submitting your application.

In return we will offer you:

25 days holiday, plus bank holidays

High quality regular professional development training to support and develop your skills

Career progression opportunities across the nursery family

Support from the highly qualified and experienced advisory team at The Education People

Dedicated team days with colleagues from across the family to network and develop strong pedagogy
Key Duties:

Lead the promotion of securing all staff members knowledge, understanding in respect of their responsibility of ensuring all aspects of safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to as well as the health, safety and wellbeing of the children across the nursery.

Contribute to building a strong cohesive team, which are motivated to provide outstanding practice by encouraging and motivating individual and team participation and engagement in all aspects of the nursery development.

Provide quality care, teaching and learning, to support the implementation of the Early Years Foundation Stage to the highest possible standards.

Support children’s learning and development needs by providing stimulating and age-appropriate play, learning and development opportunities in the setting and outdoors.

Ensure the provision of a high quality environment to meet the needs of individual children, having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures, and medical histories.
What we need from you:

Substantial post qualifying experience in working with children.

Significant experience in working with families to enhance their involvement in children’s learning.

Successful implementation of EYFS 0-5 curriculum.

Experience of working in a good regulated environment.

Experience of providing a high quality inclusive education and the ability to translate this into setting practice.

Influencing change within the concept of continuous improvement.

A minimum of level 3 relevant Early Years qualification and a commitment to achieving a relevant degree level qualification.

Previously attended relevant first aid and safeguarding training and show willing to update these when required

Knowledge of child development and children’s needs across the 0 - 5 age range
About Commercial Services Group

Commercial Services Group (CSG) is one of the largest providers of public sector and education procurement and support services globally, with revenues of c£600M, 1,800 staff across 25 trading brands, providing services ranging from HR Services, IT Services, Energy, Education Resources, Procurement, and many more.

Wholly owned by Kent County Council, CSG supports over 15,000 customers in 86 countries and collaborates with a supply chain of c1,000 suppliers